Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
City Nave
Stand on your head. You’ll see that she’s a boatWinding between the waves of wailing walls,Careening through…
Hazards of Nationalism
Anti-Christian violence is on the rise in Israel. Jewish extremists have attacked Christian sites six times since…
Heroic Historian
Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great Warby joseph t. stuartcatholic university of…
Insight at First Sight
Imagine that you are an accomplished young woman, walking into a campus coffee shop toward the end…
Judith Butler’s Trouble
ABerkeley student approaches two older women. She has a flier in her hand. “Hey, happy No-Pants Day!”…
What We’ve Been Reading—April 2023
Veronica ClarkernrnAssociate Editor I wonder if Holden Caulfield’s suitcases are still in a strongbox at Grand Central.…
Pacem in Terris After 60 Years
On April 11, 1963, John XXIII issued the encyclical Pacem in Terris, a powerful call for a…
Rewilding American Christianity
Umberto Eco, in a pair of essays now canonical in medieval studies, proposed that we are living…
Sing Your Abortion
Jean Rohe really wants you to know that she had an abortion. In the dehumanizing song “Animal,”…
My Gideon Bible
My mother was notorious for it: checking out of a hotel with an item or two more…
Happiness Requires Resistance
There are two types of patients: those who want to run the show, and those who want…
Let My People Go—For What?
Jews throughout the world celebrate the first nights of Passover, which commemorate God’s deliverance of the Israelites…
Letters
Family and Poetry I was very gripped by Kerri Christopher’s essay, “Three Christmas Dinners” (February 2023). I’ve…
Peace in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is passing the one-year mark as I write. In its early days, the…
Sex-Realist Feminism
What is a woman’s place in society? Down the centuries, from Plato and Aristotle to Margaret Sanger…
