Theology

Our Ancient Debt to Alcuin

We ignore the educational visionaries of the so-called Dark Ages—Charlemagne, Alcuin, Alfred the Great—at our peril. Continue Reading »

13 Oct 2017

Evaluating the World’s Religions

by Francesca Aran Murphy

Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Buddhism deserve to be studied, not as geographic entities, but as products of religious insight. Continue Reading »

5 Oct 2017

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.” Those are strong words, written by the Czech activist Václav Havel in his essay “The Power of the Powerless,” one of the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2017

9.5 Theses

by Gilbert Meilaender

In this 500th anniversary year of the Reformation, there are countless angles from which to think about that event and its continuing significance. By no means the least important is the fact that Luther’s Reformation in particular was in many respects a university-based movement. And still in our . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2017

Encomium for an Evangelical Catholic

by Carl E. Braaten

Robert W. Jenson is by all odds the greatest American Lutheran theologian ever. Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2017

Stages on Life's Way

by Robert P. Imbelli

Fr. Robert Imbelli reflects upon his “purgatorial” experiences in theological writing. Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2017

It is Written in the Book

by Francesca Aran Murphy

Religions are not timeless—but neither are they unable to transcend the time from which they sprang. Continue Reading »

7 Sep 2017

Make Hell Hot Again

by Marc Barnes

I have a problem with hell that goes beyond squeamishness. The problem is one of inserting the damned into God’s endgame, his final fix—creation brought to its triumphant completion. Doesn’t the presence of everlasting torment put a damper on the success story? I went to Aquinas for . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2017