Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin…

Voyages to the End of the World

Peter Thiel Sam Wolfe

Francis Bacon dreamed of abolishing disease, natural disasters, and chance itself. He also dreamed of abolishing God.

The Lost Art of Saying “No”

John M. Grondelski

Conservative pundit Matt Walsh recently contended that “we have to recapture the long-lost art of saying ‘no.’”…

Where Is God in The Lord of the Rings? (ft. Douglas Estes)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Douglas Estes joins…

The Essential Newman

R. R. Reno

I first read St. John Henry Newman in 1985, when I was a graduate student at Yale.…

The Art of the Proof (ft. J. Jacob Tawney)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, J. Jacob Tawney…

A Time for Hatred?

Peter J. Leithart

For two weeks, two icons of horrific violence have dominated the news: the August 22 murder of…

Bright Girdle Furled

Anselm Audley

Light on Darkness restores liturgy to its place at the heart of the medieval world. Like a…

Bring Back Beautiful Sermons

Ephraim Radner

St. Augustine remains the Church’s greatest preacher. A single sermon of his can roam in many directions.…

Paul Against the Jews?

Gerald McDermott

The writings of the apostle Paul have confused many. Even his fellow apostle St. Peter wrote that…

The Torchbearer of Thomism

Thomas Joseph White

On August 28, the French Dominican theologian Jean-Pierre Torrell (1927–2025) died at age ninety-eight in Fribourg, Switzerland.…

Can Transsexuals Be Baptized?

Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J.

These are not easy days to be a Catholic pastor. In our age of entitlement and mixed…

Christianity Is Nothing Without Dogma

Carl R. Trueman

Even as I was writing my column on the irrelevance of mainline Christianity two weeks ago, the…

Did Vatican II Replace One-Sided Papalism with One-Sided Episcopalism?

Thomas G. Guarino

As everyone knows, the Second Vatican Council was an extraordinary event, with ramifications not simply for Catholicism…

Theology for a Brave New World

R. R. Reno

In this episode, Fr. Thomas Joseph White joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about…