Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Denying Communion As an Act of Love
In 2004, I was an Episcopalian seminarian. During one class, I and the other students debated the…
Defending the Religious Sense
Philosopher Robert P. George delivered a speech in Washington, D.C., last month concerning the resurgence of paganism. The speech…
Why Biden Was Denied Communion
My wristwatch does not have a sweep-second hand, so I am not sure how many seconds elapsed…
All About Evangelicals
Lately I’ve been rereading and (with Wendy) listening to the stories collected in G. K. Chesterton’s The…
Briefly Noted
The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biographyby carlos eire princeton, 280 pages, $26.95 It is…
Cutting Down Chrysanthemums
The end is where we start from. This last chore / Of Autumn must be done. I…
Waking in Dresden
Her shoulders slumped beneath their heavy cloak, / Large hands outspread despite a shattered thumb, / The…
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 nave / I went home feeling stupid since the rest /…
Does Natural Law Need Theology?
Until quite recently, natural law thinking had been a Catholic preserve. My interest in it was awakened…
Letters—November 2019
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…
