Immigration: An Exchange
by Peter J. Leithart and Matthew SchmitzPeter J. Leithart and Matthew Schmitz provide two Christian views on immigration. Continue Reading »
Letter to an Aspiring Theologian
by Kevin J. VanhoozerIwas delighted to receive your letter asking about the best route to becoming a theologian. Let me confess up front: I’m still in via myself. My business card should identify me not as research professor but perpetual pupil of theology, though if it did, you probably wouldn’t be . . . . Continue Reading »
Ireland and the
‘Ensoulment’ Myth
by Catherine Lafferty
Irish abortion proponents have had to construct a parody Church to make the case for their referendum. Continue Reading »
Make Hell Hot Again
by Marc BarnesI have a problem with hell that goes beyond squeamishness. The problem is one of inserting the damned into God’s endgame, his final fix—creation brought to its triumphant completion. Doesn’t the presence of everlasting torment put a damper on the success story? I went to Aquinas for . . . . Continue Reading »
Taking Aquinas Seriously
by Edward FeserEdward Feser recommends three books on analytical Thomism. Continue Reading »
A Map of the Soul
by Michael EgnorNeuroscience is confirming what Aquinas recognized long ago: Human beings are not purely material. Continue Reading »
Catholicism Embodied: “The Pivotal Players”
by George WeigelPivotal Players is a follow-up to Bishop Barron’s immensely successful ten-part mega-series, Catholicism, the most compelling presentation of the symphony of Catholic truth ever created for modern media. Key figures in Catholic history appeared throughout the original series to illustrate this truth of the faith or that facet of the Catholic experience. Continue Reading »
Feasting with St. Thomas
by Robert P. ImbelliThomas Joseph White contends that many modern Christologies, by scanting ontological reflection, lack sufficient resources to undergird the New Testament confession of Christ’s uniqueness and its elaboration in the Church’s creedal and conciliar Tradition. Continue Reading »
Thomas Aquinas and the Late Justice Scalia: A Response to Fr. Giambrone
by Peter Karl KoritanskyJust weeks after the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Fr. Anthony Giambrone, O.P. published an article in America Magazine warning that Catholics inclined to celebrate the life and service of the late Supreme Court justice should not be so inclined to celebrate his judicial philosophy. Fr. . . . . Continue Reading »
A Monastic Vice for the Internet Age
by Luís Pinto de SáThe Italian author Umberto Eco belonged to a rare breed—a medievalist of encyclopedic erudition, a creative philosopher and a talented novelist. Prompted by his recent death, Eco’s first novel, The Name of the Rose, has resurfaced in bookstands everywhere. The novel is a murder mystery set in an . . . . Continue Reading »
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