Immigration: An Exchange

by Peter J. Leithart and Matthew Schmitz

Peter J. Leithart and Matthew Schmitz provide two Christian views on immigration.  Continue Reading »

26 Apr 2019

Letter to an Aspiring Theologian

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Iwas 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 »

1 Aug 2018

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 »

23 May 2018

Make Hell Hot Again

by Marc Barnes

I 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 »

1 Aug 2017

Taking Aquinas Seriously

by Edward Feser

Edward Feser recommends three books on analytical Thomism. Continue Reading »

30 Jun 2017

A Map of the Soul

by Michael Egnor

Neuroscience is confirming what Aquinas recognized long ago: Human beings are not purely material. Continue Reading »

29 Jun 2017

Catholicism Embodied: “The Pivotal Players”

by George Weigel

Pivotal 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 »

9 Nov 2016

Feasting with St. Thomas

by Robert P. Imbelli

Thomas 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 »

2 Sep 2016

Thomas Aquinas and the Late Justice Scalia: A Response to Fr. Giambrone

by Peter Karl Koritansky

Just 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 »

20 Apr 2016

A Monastic Vice for the Internet Age

by Luís Pinto de Sá

The 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 . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Mar 2016