Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Cutting Down Chrysanthemums
“What we call the beginning is often the endAnd to make an end is to make a…
Waking in Dresden
After Richard Peter’s photograph of “Gute” Her shoulders slumped beneath their heavy cloak,Large hands outspread despite a…
The Remarkable Experience of Stephen H. Bradley of the Power of the Holy Spirit on the Second Evening of November, 1829.
After the wild revival in the naveI went home feeling stupid since the resthad got it. Why…
Does Natural Law Need Theology?
Until quite recently, natural law thinking had been a Catholic preserve. My interest in it was awakened…
Letters
Liberal Democracy I read with much interest Bruce D. Marshall’s “No Liberal Home” (August/September). I applaud his…
How to Regulate Pornography
A thirteen-year-old with a smartphone in 2019 has greater access to pornography than the most depraved deviant could…
A Paper Church
John Henry Newman joined the Catholic Church on October 9, 1845, after concluding that the via media…
The Gift of Children
“Be fruitful and multiply.” (Gen. 1:28) r “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto…
The Vanity of Guilt
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, no political question has so deeply divided Europe, and especially…
Bourgeois Vice
While driving from Illinois to Iowa, Donald McCloskey had an epiphany. He had spent the previous night…
Hannah Arendt and Judaism
On the American “Jewish street” of the mid-1960s, you did not need to have read her work…
Catholic Ironies
The Irony of Modern Catholic Historyby george weigel basic, 336 pages, $30 In The Irony of Modern…
Reading the Signs of the Times
The Church,” says Gaudium et spes, “has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the…
Canada’s State Religion
When Canadians go to the polls, we vote for a single office-holder: a member of Parliament to…
A New Cardinal Honors an Entire Nation
ROME. Even the greatest enthusiasts of the present pontificate might not assert that Pope Francis has an…
