Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Rediscovering Conservatism in Sweden
In 2011, I received a phone call from an old friend. He suggested I join him and…
What’s Inside Her Head?
I try to see my mother every other day, and each visit is different. Sometimes I’m her…
Tell the Universal Christian Story
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Anna Wierzbicka joins the podcast…
What is an Exorcism?
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Monsignor Stephen Rossetti joins the podcast…
A Catholic Gentleman Behind the Plate
As Major League Baseball begins its post-season, let us pause and remember the late, great Bill Freehan…
The Social Cost of Online Dating
I had the strangest experience in class last week. My students had read two chapters on dating…
Against the Harpsichord
We friends of classical music huddle in the wilderness, spiteful and sighing, wondering where it all went…
Anti-Jewish Entertainment
Have you watched the new Netflix drama everyone’s talking about? It’s riveting: It tells the story of…
August Into Autumn
August is the silent time.Caroline Dormon, Bird Talk (1969) It happens every year almost the same And…
Beneath the Glass
An arching bridge that spans a crystal streamAttracts attention. People tend to pause,To gaze beneath the surface…
Briefly Noted
Mysteries of the Lord’s Prayer: Wisdom From the Early Churchby john gavin, s.j.cua, 192 pages, $24.95 So…
By Our Wounds We Are Healed
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Traumaby bessel van der kolkpenguin,…
Letters
The English Department Mark Bauerlein’s account of the English department’s decline in “Truth, Reading, Decadence” (June/July) makes…
Literature of the Word
I have always been somewhat bemused by the perennial popularity of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s nineteenth—century…
My Confessions
A few years ago, in the middle of the journey of life—in modern terms, having a midlife crisis—I…