The Ecclesiology of Liberalism
by Peter J. LeithartLiberalism isn’t just a political system that prioritizes individual freedom and social equality; liberalism is centrally an anti-catholic ecclesiology. Continue Reading »
Communion and Ecclesial Governance
by Fr. Pius PietrzykLife in the Church entails outward obedience. Continue Reading »
Heal Our Wounds
by Patricia SnowSix months after he was elected to the Chair of Peter, Pope Francis made one of the most provocative statements of his five-year pontificate. Asked by the Italian Jesuit Antonio Spadaro what the church (small c) most needs at this point in her history, he replied that he sees the church as a field . . . . Continue Reading »
Ecumenical Incorrectness
by Mats WahlbergRoman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformationby kenneth j. collins and jerry l. wallsbaker, 464 pages, $34.99 Controversial theology—so popular during the Reformation—has long been out of vogue in the academy. Ecumenical correctness and norms of scholarly . . . . Continue Reading »
Ecclesiology in Space
by David RandallScience fiction’s ambition to evoke the immensely long and strange history of the future gives these three works peculiar power to meditate on the promise that the Church will survive. Continue Reading »
Reformed Ressourcement
by Mats WahlbergChristian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholicedited by michael allen and scott r. swainbaker, 416 pages, $36.99Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretationby michael allen and scott r. swainbaker, 176 pages, $21In his Essay on the . . . . Continue Reading »
Shūsaku Endō's Silence and Faithfulness
by Dale M. CoulterReaders of First Thoughts will know by now that Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Silence by Shūsaku Endō was released in select theaters on December 23. The novel warrants the attention it is getting. Set in the 1640s at the end of Japan's “Christian Century” (1549-1639), Silence is a haunting journey through one priest’s struggles to remain faithful in the most challenging of circumstances. Continue Reading »
Where We Stand
by Carl R. TruemanThe End of Protestantism: Pursuing Unity in a Fragmented Church by peter j. leithart baker, 240 pages, $21.99 Peter Leithart’s latest book, The End of Protestantism, began as a set of short but controversial essays for First Things magazine and progressed through a roundtable discussion at Biola . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s No Such Thing as an Ex-Catholic
by J. D. FlynnCatholicism comes without an escape clause: Once a person is baptized or received into the Church, there is no getting out. We blaspheme when we presume to undo the consequences of baptism by differentiating between “so-called Catholics” and the genuine article. Continue Reading »
The Need for Epiphanic Evangelicalism
by James R. RogersThe second challenge I see facing American churches today (I discuss the first one here) is how the Church engages postmodernism in American culture. By “postmodern” I do not simply mean the period succeeding modernity, however one wants to date that. Rather, I mean the subjectivist thrust of . . . . Continue Reading »
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