Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Praying Well at the End of the World
Early in the book, Fr. Donald Haggerty complains about the summertime crowds of tourists who pass through…
Do Christians Even Care About the Ten Commandments Anymore?
Predictably, the recent proposed Texas and Louisiana laws that would require public school classrooms to display the…
Clapping Trees and Other Biological Wonders
Two books on plant evolution, both alternately nutty and brilliant, were recently published. The subtitle of Robert…
Immigration Policy Is Hurting Rural Catholic Ministry
I love rural America. That love began in my formative years in Minnesota—working on a hog farm,…
Western Muslims for Public Christianity
In Europe, barely a week goes by without news of another public or private institution ridding itself…
Christianity Is Nothing Without Dogma
Even as I was writing my column on the irrelevance of mainline Christianity two weeks ago, the…
A Catholic Convert’s Perspective on the Jubilee Year
As a former low-church Protestant who joined the Catholic Church, I had to adjust to its reliance…
Theology for a Brave New World
In this episode, Fr. Thomas Joseph White joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about…
Democracy Needs Religion—but Which?
German sociologist Hartmut Rosa characterizes modernity as the product of a triple acceleration. Technology speeds up movement…
Just How Big Is Britain’s Religious Revival?
A few months ago, the Bible Society released a new report on Christianity in England and Wales.…
Bishop Barron, the German Church, and the Renewal of Faith
On July 27, Bishop Robert Barron was awarded the Josef Pieper Prize in Münster, Germany, joining the…
A Rahnerian Surprise
Karl Rahner, S.J. (1904–1984), one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, is a…
St. John Henry Newman, Doctor for the Modern World
In 1874, three years before St. Francis de Sales was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church, John…
The Substance of Our Lives
While I was in college, the local priest got me to come along with him on his…
The Death of Mainline Protestantism
If Ernest Hemingway were to interview American mainline Protestantism in 2025, the conversation would go something like…
