Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Dangerous Revisionism
Nostra Aetate, issued at the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council almost 60 years ago, represented a…
The New Ultramontanism and the Dissing of Vatican II
In its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), the Second Vatican Council firmly applied the brakes…
Reforming Florida’s Universities: A Symposium
Many pearls have been clutched since Governor Ron DeSantis began reforming Florida’s state university system last spring.…
A Prayer to Jonah’s God
Forgive us, O Lord God of the Hebrews, for feeding Jonah to a large-mouthed whale. We sacrificed…
A Wild Christianity
Through the mouth of the cave I watched the storm front move in from the east. I…
Benedict Lives
Benedict XVI believed that his work was done. Three days after announcing his resignation, he gave a…
Cursed by the Boomers
What’s wrong with America? There’s a two-word answer: Baby Boomers. It’s more complicated than that, of course.…
Deadly Virtues
We live in a divided age. My country of Britain increasingly exhibits the same sort of partisanship…
Eros
It seems a silly thing, an object ratherFor study by the great pathologists,That anyone should live in…
Joseph Ratzinger
The pope entombed in the crypt under St. Peter’s Basilica on January 5, 2023 was without doubt…
Paul Johnson, Philo-Semite
Anti-Semitism, it has often been observed, is remarkably adaptable. Across countless centuries, anti-Semites have targeted Jews because…
Ratzinger and the Liberation Theologians
The legacy of Joseph Ratzinger does not rest on the institution of “pope emeritus,” which he pioneered.…
What Pilate Learns
No doctrine was more fundamental to the Bolsheviks than atheism. They professed absolute certainty that nothing exists…
Who Owns the Human Body?
In August of 2000, I was fresh out of graduate school and had just launched the Center…
First Things Junior Fellows Program 2023
Graduating college seniors and recent graduates are invited to apply for the First Things junior fellows program. The junior…
