Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Ronald Reagan and The King’s College
Carol Swain, a former professor at Princeton and Vanderbilt, recently weighed in on a controversy at The…
The Triune Tangle
G. K. Chesterton writes somewhere that “the Christian has a Triune God, ‘a tangled trinity,’ which seems…
Letters From the Synod–2019: #3
THE NEO-COLONIALISM OF BISHOP KRÄUTLER There has been considerable venting about “neo-colonialism” in the first week of…
Israel’s Political Mythology
Israel may be the land of the Hebrew Bible, but few expected the leader of Israel’s Arab…
A New Saint on St. Stephen’s Green
Ireland has produced many saints, and John Henry Newman is the latest. Newman was not Irish, of…
How Gay Rights Empower the Rich
The Supreme Court heard a group of cases yesterday that will require the justices to decide whether the…
Humble John Henry Newman
As a Protestant, I reject the theology of the canonization of saints. But as an admirer of…
What Kind of “Believers”?
This past June I was in the Munich area for four days, giving a public lecture on…
Letters From the Synod–2019: #2
THE TENSIONS OF A PONTIFICATE Formally opening Synod-2019 at Mass in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter…
Conservative Heroes
I graduated from Wyoming Catholic College in May. The college is nestled in the foothills of the Wind…
Should Christians Admire Ronald Reagan?
Can Christians admire Ronald Reagan? Students at The King’s College, a Christian liberal arts school in New…
Cancelling Debts in Cancel Culture
In a culture that has given itself over almost entirely to extreme moral accountability, mercy often appears…
Letters From the Synod-2019: #1
THE MANY MYSTERIES OF SYNOD-2019 Eighty years ago, on October 1, 1939, a month after the German…
On the Eve of the Amazon Synod
As leaders of the Catholic Church prepare to open the Amazon Synod on Sunday, the fundamental question…
We Are All Children
A biweekly column about Jewish things. “. . . that memory may their deed redeem when, like…