Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Man and Metropolis
I’ve been reading a lot about cities lately: Carlo Rotella’s excellent book The World Is Always Coming…
The State of School Reform
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Mark and…
A Word of Thanks
Dear readers and supporters, I’m pleased to report that our year-end campaign has exceeded our goals. Our…
How to Think About the First Amendment
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Stanley Fish…
The Two Popes: Baloney, Brilliantly Acted
I first met Pope Emeritus Benedict in June 1988; over the next three decades, I’ve enjoyed many…
Kerouac’s Beatific Visions
Jack Kerouac, who coined the phrase “Beat Generation,” railed against those who interpreted it as meaning “beat…
New Year’s Resolutions for Concerned Catholics: A Few Suggestions
During and after the grim martial law period in the early 1980s, many freedom-minded Poles would greet…
Laughing Against the Dark
Keeping a straight face, I’m going to argue that American popular comedy has lost the virtue of…
Catholic Zionism
In 1965, in Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council affirmed that God’s covenant with the Jewish people is…
Hawthorne’s Daughter
In 1891, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, daughter of the novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, was received into the Catholic Church.…
The Problem with the Culture Problem
Shorthand is convenient, but sometimes it confuses. In the game of telephone, by which ideas evolve through…
How to Lose a Cold War (and Why)
North by Northwest’s style is so impeccable, its tone so effervescent, that many viewers fail to grasp…
Talking All Night
I asked my friend, the poet,how she was getting by.“Work and tears,”came her reply. “And listening,” she…
Christingle
The power-cut candle’s wobbly precisionushers the church hall back into vision.We assembled them on a mess table:first…
Requiem for Ethel
Your eyes sparkled. And there was playfulnessIn your smile that veiled your age,Softening the hard years with…
