The Convergence of Jews and Gentiles
Augustine of Hippo expounds the significance of the Feast of the Epiphany.
Articles
Setting Out Into the Dark with God
Hans Urs von Balthasar on Christmas.
Scrooge Had a Vocation Too!
Dwight Lindley on the nature of Scrooge's call and response.
The Phenomenology of Christ in Flesh and Bones
Emmanuel Falque on the possibility of thinking a truly fleshly Incarnation and Resurrection.
Richard Dawkins Discovers His Ideal Idiom and Audience
David Bentley Hart reviews Richard Dawkins's Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide.
A Divided Society Is Already Conquered
Tim Kelleher on Putin, identity politics, and stardust.
Stop Looking for a Francis Effect
Timothy O'Malley celebrates the pope's birthday by taking another look at the "Francis effect" controversy.
Santa Is Real, But He's Dead (to the World)
Jessica Hooten Wilson reminds us of the otherworldly life of the real St. Nicholas.
London Real Estate and a Cardinal: How a Dull Deal Became a Conspiracy Theory
Gladden Pappin & Edoardo Bueri reset the conversation around Peter's Pence and the Vatican's finances.
The Advent Logic of Class Treason
Travis Lacy celebrates the theological legacy of Johann Baptist Metz.
The Consumer's Regress
Scott Beauchamp on the spiritual twists and turns of crass consumerism.
Advent's Binding of Isaac
Kristen Drahos explains Advent's sacrifice of money and riches.
Ordinary Mysticism in the Unnameable Present
Kevin Hughes proposes contemplative mysticism as a way through ordinary life.
The Houston Astros, Digital Espionage, and the Harsh Demands of Justice
Kevin Clarke breaks down the many sins of the 2017 Houston Astros.
What Lies Beyond Cutting-Edge Power Games?
Jeffrey Bishop on liturgy's resistance to technological will-to-power.
René Girard and the Present Moment
Cynthia Haven on René Girard's insights for our fraught cultural situation.
The Unoriginal Augustine
Jessica Hooten Wilson on René Girard, Augustine, and the great art of imitation.
Memento Mori: Facing Death as a Fount of Life
Haley Stewart explores the strange logic of memento mori
Advent: A Time of Asceticism
Ulrich Lehner turns our attention to the ascetic dimension of Advent.
The November Night Before Advent
Leonard DeLorenzo contemplates this year's uninterrupted transition from November into Advent.