Centesimus Annus in 2021
by Raymond J. de SouzaCentesimus Annus, like all great encyclicals, has endured and matured over time. Continue Reading »
Polemic by Beauty
by Carl R. TruemanPatriotism, the family, and the Church make life worth living—even when all three are under assault. Continue Reading »
Gaia, False Gods, and Public Policy
by George WeigelA new book by Steven E. Koonin challenges accepted climate change dogmas. Continue Reading »
The Liturgical Medium is the Message
by Hans BoersmaOur worship ought to be a genuine enfleshment of the Beauty of God. Continue Reading »
Origen’s Ladder
by Robert Louis WilkenNo Christian writer of the early centuries elicited greater hostility among critics of the new religion than did Origen of Alexandria. He was born toward the end of the second century, at a time when Greek thinkers began to sense that Christians presented a formidable social and intellectual . . . . Continue Reading »
True Jewish Lit
by Cole S. AronsonThe title of Adam Kirsch’s survey of twentieth-century Jewish literature can be read in two ways. In historical terms, the Holocaust was the curse. The founding of Israel and the welcome Jews received in America were the blessings. But as a literary matter, the blessing and the curse were the . . . . Continue Reading »
Karl Barth
by R. R. RenoNo theologian has exercised a greater influence on me than Karl Barth. I first encountered his work while I was a student at Haverford College. In those years, I was smitten with Carl Jung and Paul Tillich, who fed my growing interest in matters spiritual. But Barth did not traffic in the soft . . . . Continue Reading »
A Treatise on Two Cities
by Joshua P. HochschildTertullian’s question—“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?”—has generally been asked by Christians wondering to what extent they can draw on Greek wisdom. In answer, many theologians analogized Greek philosophy to Hebrew faith: Both were incomplete but preparatory. Clement of . . . . Continue Reading »
Therapeutic Revolution
by Hans BoersmaOne of the most remarkable features of our society is its blithe dismissal of tradition. Religious practices that have long shaped our social and political life are held in contempt. Time-tested convictions that guided generations before us are not just second-guessed but mocked and denounced. It is . . . . Continue Reading »
Why I Keep Kosher
by J.H.H. WeilerIf you yourself are not obliged to observe Kosher, or if you simply elect not to (only a minority of Jews actually do), you must have wondered from time to time: What’s the point? You can eat meat after dairy products, but you cannot consume dairy after meat? (And mixed together—a . . . . Continue Reading »
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