Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Limits of Religious Freedom
In the face of determined assaults on religion, conservative activists and intellectuals have offered increasingly strident defenses…
Why I Am Not a Liberal
I never called myself a liberal. For a long time, however, I considered liberalism a sound theory…
An Ordinary Life
The Old French word ordinarie, meaning “ordinary, usual,” derives from the medieval Latin ordinarius (“customary, regular, usual,…
Late-Night Musings on Nationalism
Pondering the endless glut of books on the virtues of nationalism and the failures of political liberalism,…
Early-Morning Musings on the Sacred
Recently, I met a Wall Street trader. He was in his late thirties, perhaps his early forties.…
Rebekah’s Ultrasound
Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb right from the start. Rebekah’s ultrasound, quite early on, revealed…
The Antidiscrimination Regime
I read The Age of Entitlement in one sitting, unable to put down Christopher Caldwell’s riveting account of…
Letters—March 2020
Marriage & Mission Patricia Snow (“Hawthorne’s Daughter,” January) may perhaps be unaware of St. Jerome’s error in…
Prayer, Distraction, and Daily Life
Let’s begin by reviewing some fundamentals of Jewish prayer. The mandatory prayers are offered three times daily.…
Clashing Rights
The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties by christopher caldwell simon & schuster, 352 pages, $28…
The Centurion’s Tale
Ernest Hemingway’s little-known play Today is Friday, originally published in the collection Men Without Women, is a…
Incarnational Realism
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Jessica Hooten…
Ancient Patterns of Prayer
Today, we tend to think of prayer as an individual activity, a chance to talk to God…
The Future of Christianity in Europe
Christianity is declining in Europe. According to the most recent Pew poll, only 71 percent of Europeans…
Make Government Buildings Great Again
There’s always a great deal of ruin in our republic. Unfortunately, when it comes to government buildings,…