Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Canterbury Fails

Damian Thompson

When it was announced in October that the next archbishop of Canterbury would be a woman with…

Wistful Agnostics and True Believers

Bethel McGrew

With the death of the New Atheist industrial complex, a new variety of religion-friendly intellectual discourse has…

Western Civilization and Augustine (ft. Chad Pecknold)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Chad Pecknold joins…

The Haunted Empire

Anastasia Shteinert

In October 1905, Papus, a French occultist, performed a solemn ritual amid the marble and gold of…

Charles Murray Comes to God (ft. Charles Murray)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Charles Murray joins…

Anglican Imaginary

Ephraim Radner

I have long thought that the Great Litany of the Book of Common Prayer represents most fully…

Vatican II at Sixty

Thomas G. Guarino

December 8, 2025, is quickly approaching, a date marking the sixtieth anniversary of the close of the…

Modernity and God-Talk

Hans Boersma

The great temptation of the modern world is to live as if God did not exist—etsi Deus…

How Much Does Dilexi Te Reflect Leo XIV’s Thinking?

Raymond J. de Souza

"Slogans do not lift people out of poverty,” Pope Leo XIV said in his address to the…

Briefly Noted

Our Lady of the Green Scapular charts a relay race of grace. The vision granted to Sr.…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

According to the Wall Street Journal, construction spending on churches is up. For two decades, church attendance…

No, Paul Was Not Against the Jews

Jason A. Staples

Last month, I was initially pleased to learn of a second First Things article reviewing my book,…

Lessons from Luther and Newman

Carl R. Trueman

Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of…

What Charles Taylor Got Wrong

Adam Eilath

Two decades ago, I was an undergraduate at McGill University, where Charles Taylor lectured. Taylor, born in…

The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin…