Unscientific Obstinacy

by Mark Bauerlein

Last December, on Christmas Day, the Wall Street Journal printed a commentary by Eric Metaxas entitled “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God”. It detailed a startling recent history. Continue Reading »

16 Feb 2015

The Impassible God of the Bible

by Wesley Hill

Doctrines like divine simplicity and impassibility are often accused of being metaphysical assumptions brought to, rather than derived from, the Bible. But the giving of the divine Name as portrayed in Scripture implies the doctrines of classical theism. Continue Reading »

19 Jan 2015

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

For Timothy Murphy

by Joseph Bottum

God gives all He has to give—His son to speak that one word, Live. — Joseph Bottum  The Raising of Lazarus by Léon Bonnat. Image . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2007

God in a World of Gods

by Peter L. Berger

In North America, and increasingly in Europe, it has become a truism to say that the present situation is marked by pluralism, or multiculturalism. Some truisms happen to be true; this one certainly is. Nor is there any great mystery as to how this situation has come about. It is the result of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1993

To Students of Divinity: A Convocation Address

by Philip Turner

People who talk overmuch about beginning a new phase of life often appear quite foolish. After all, we rarely know until much later the meaning of our past and the promise of our future. Our ignorance and confusion alone ought to suggest that at times of transition (like the beginning of a new . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1992

Academic Religion: Playground of the Vandals

by Paul V. Mankowski

Last year a national committee of Presbyterians composed a statement on sexuality called “Keeping Body and Soul Together.” The document evidenced characteristics increasingly distinctive of the productions of American church bureaucracies: a cute journalistic title, a manifesto-like rhetorical . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 1992