The Gateway Drug to Post-Christian Paganism
by Carl R. TruemanChristians need to talk more about the transcendence of God, which is an immunization from being captured by evil political forces. Continue Reading »
Nihilism—in Nazi Germany and Today
by Carl R. TruemanOurs is a time of anthropological crisis when we as a society cannot agree on what it means to be human. Thus, theologians who faced that issue in Nazi Germany are obvious dialogue partners upon whom we can draw. Continue Reading »
Hegel Vindicated
by David P. GoldmanKlaus Vieweg’s eight-hundred-page biography of Hegel made something of a sensation when the German original appeared in 2019. More lies have been told about Hegel than about any other philosopher, Vieweg averred, and the biggest lie of all painted Hegel as an apologist for the Prussian . . . . Continue Reading »
Art Needs Faith
by Liel LeibovitzTis the season of “The Artist”: On screen, in print, and on stage, the man of the hour is the creative genius, the absolutist, the martyr, the suffering sinner redeemed only when he gives himself away, lovingly and without reservations, to his art. Just ask Hollywood, which is all aflutter at . . . . Continue Reading »
Trinitarian Intimations in Bach’s The Art of Fugue
by Robert P. Imbelli“History has proven that Bach was making music that would connect people to God.” Continue Reading »
The Recovery of Fraternal Correction Among Bishops
by George WeigelThe Church has a “form” given it by Christ, and all true Catholic reform is in reference to that form. Continue Reading »
Why I Signed the Open Letter to Germany's Bishops
by Salvatore J. CordileoneI hope and pray that the German bishops will listen to the Holy Father and their brother bishops and turn from their path of division. Continue Reading »
Liquid Catholicism and the German Synodal Path
by George WeigelThe result of the Synodal Way will not be evangelical renewal but a further abandonment of the gospel. Continue Reading »
Catholic Chaplaincy for the Rainbow Reich
by R. R. RenoThe German Catholic Church is doing something similar to the Episcopal Church, serving as a chaplaincy for the Rainbow Reich—the empire of diversity, equity, and inclusion that flies the rainbow flag. Continue Reading »
What Happens in Germany, Revisited
by Francis X. MaierConfusion within the German Church never stays within the German Church. Continue Reading »
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