Ethiopia in Biblical History

by Peter J. Leithart

Every time you see Ethiopia is still on the map, you’re seeing real-world proof of the faithfulness of God. Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2022 0

The Role of Religion in Russia’s War on Ukraine

by John P. Burgess

The war in Ukraine is also a battle between conflicting visions of Holy Rus’, Prince Vladimir's legacy, and the Orthodoxy that Russia and Ukraine share.  Continue Reading »

8 Mar 2022 0

Eugene Peterson’s Theological Sigh

by Samuel D. James

Evangelical clergyman Eugene Peterson’s recent embrace of same-sex marriage shows how intuitive heterodoxy can feel in a post-Christian culture. Continue Reading »

13 Jul 2017 0

Where the Icons Aren't Yet Dry

by Matthew Milliner

This monk is not letting us go without a sermon, but he’s earned it. We—a group of scholars brought together for a conference in Romania celebrating the legacy of the historian Peter Brown—have been treated well. We are standing in the Neamț monastery library, where the Philokalia, that . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2016 0

Mormons and Creedal Christians: Common Ground?

by Ralph Hancock

Mormons must appreciate Richard Mouw’s good faith effort to find common ground between us and “orthodox” Christians, as well as First Things’s according him the space to publish this effort. I reply in the same spirit, hoping both correctly to identify common ground and to explain . . . . Continue Reading »

10 May 2016 0

Are Mormons Actually Moving Closer to Orthodoxy?

by Gerald McDermott

Are Mormons really moving closer to Orthodoxy? According to Richard Mouw, retired president of Fuller Seminary, they are. But I am not so sure that the examples he gives represent a real theological movement.

26 Apr 2016 0

Called to Unity

by Andriy Chirovsky

Like many Ukrainian Greco-Catholics, I am pleased that Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill finally met in Havana February 12, even though the negotiations that preceded this encounter included some unseemly concessions. After all, for the last three decades such an encounter was always described as . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Feb 2016 0

Jesus on Safari

by Timothy George

It has been nearly ten years since Jaroslav Pelikan died and a full twenty-five since he completed The Christian Tradition, his five-volume, 2,100-page history of “what the church of Jesus Christ believes, teaches, and confesses on the basis of the Word of God.” Who was Jaroslav Pelikan, and why does his work remain so important for serious Christian scholarship today? Continue Reading »

26 Jan 2015 0

The New “New Orthodoxy”

by Wesley Hill

Almost three decades ago, theologian Ronald Goetz spoke of the rise of a “new orthodoxy” in Christian thought. He was referring to twentieth-century theology’s enthrallment with the theme of the suffering of God. Continue Reading »

15 Jan 2015 0

ELEMENTARY Monasticism

by Wesley J. Smith

I sometimes see reflections of my Eastern Orthodox faith in unexpected places. Take the hit CBS television show Elementary, a contemporary rendition of the great Sherlock Holmes stories. Continue Reading »

26 Dec 2014 0