Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Defending the Freedom of the Church
Although they have generated controversy in some progressive precincts, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions last week in…
The Next Pope and the Great Commission
In The Shoes of the Fisherman, crusty old Cardinal Leone, canvassing votes for a surprise candidate just…
A Win For Religious Schools
John Roberts just bulldozed the wall separating church and state,” a Slate writer announced after the Supreme…
A Grand Old Flag
Whenever the national anthem is played or sung before a game I am attending, I stand and…
Torah Is the Air We Breathe
Throughout the pandemic, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has singled out the Jewish community for…
Ahistorical Activism
Are we more moral than our ancestors? That’s one problem raised by the wave of iconoclasm lately…
The Great Democracy of Reading
Reviewers often say, with a sense of having delivered a telling blow, that this or that book…
True to Our Mission
In the Bostock v. Clayton County majority opinion, Justice Gorsuch wrote of an individual who “presented as…
Looking Ahead With Hope
First a dangerous pandemic, lockdowns, and 35 million unemployed. Then protests, tear gas, toppled statues, and twitter…
A Morally Empty Jurisprudence
Conservatives were bracing for the defection of Justice Gorsuch on the cases dealing with the “transgendered” and…
A Midwestern Guide to Hell
Is it possible to warmly recommend a book that you’ve read in a state of near-constant exasperation,…
The Intellectual Vocation
How to Think Like Shakespeare:Lessons from a Renaissance Educationby scott newstokprinceton university press, 185 pages, $19.95 Lost…
Assisted Suicide By Zoom
Those who advocate the legalization of physician-assisted suicide always claim that doctor-prescribed death will involve a meticulous…
A Vanishing Freedom
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Luke C. Sheahan…
Common Spirit, Common Good
Pentecost was an ancient Hebrew festival, one of the three mandatory feasts for Israelite men. Celebrated in…