Five Things You Should Know About Reinhold Niebuhr
From Carter to Comey, the legacy of “Washington’s Favorite Theologian” endures.
My Top 5 Books on the Liberal Protestant Imagination
Give Peace a Chance
For Better or Worse
Roman, Lend Me Your Ear
Donne on Death
A new edition of some of Donne’s prose work is a useful companion to a volume of his poetry, while a “mildly modernized” version of his sonnets and sermons sets my teeth on edge.
Forgive and Remember
For Better or Worse
The Anglican Church’s struggle with divorce is nothing new—just consider King Henry VIII.
Out With the Old?
Cardinals are supposed to retire at age 80, but popes are popes for life—except Celestine V.
Asking the Wrong Questions
An exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls sheds some light on the manuscripts and their origins, but too many scholars blur the line between fact and theory.