- Who Can Be Saved? First Things February 2008.
- Saving Ecumenism from Itself First Things December 2007.
- God and Evolution First Things October 2007.
- Love, The Pope and C.S. Lewis First Things January 2007.
- From Ratzinger to Benedict. First Things February 2006.
- The Covenant With Israel First Things First Things November 1995.
- The Deist Minimum. First Things January 2005.
- The Rebirth of Apologetics. First Things May 2004.
- True and False Reform. First Things August/September 2003.
- The Population of Hell. First Things May 2003.
- Antonin Scalia and His Critics: The Church, the Courts, and the Death Penalty First Things October 2002. [Response to God's Justice and Ours, by Antonin Scalia. First Things May 2002].
- Religious Freedom: Innovation and Development. First Things December 2001.
- Catholicism & Capital Punishment. First Things 112 April 2001.
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Correspondence First Things August / September 2001.
- The Future of the Papacy: A Symposium. First Things, March 2001.
- Can Philosophy be Christian?. First Things April 2000.
- Two Languages of Salvation: The Lutheran-Catholic Joint Declaration. First Things December 1999.
- Should the Church Repent?. First Things December 1998.
- The Ways We Worship, First Things March 1998.
- Evangelizing Theology. First Things March 1996. [Responses & further correspondence].
- The Gospel of Life: A Symposium. First Things October 1995.
- John Paul II & the Truth about Freedom. First Things August/September 1995.
- The Challenge of the Catechism. First Things January 1995.
- Historians and the Reality of Christ First Things December 1992.
- Tradition and Creativity in Theology First Things November 1992.
- "A Life in Theology" 39th McGinley Lecture. April 21, 2008.
- Clarifying the Council (Letter) October 1, 2007.
- What Distinguishes the Jesuits? January 15, 2007
- The Theologian: A Reflection on the Life of John Paul II April 18, 2005
- Rights of Accused Priests June 21, 2004
- A Eucharistic Church December 20, 2004
- Vatican II: Myth and Reality February 24, 2003
- The Advantages of a Catholic University. May 20, 2002.
- Christ Among the Religions, February 4, 2002.
- An Interview with Avery Dulles James Martin, S.J., March 5, 2001
- Never to Despair: a Christian View of the Holocaust Sept. 17, 2001.
- The Papacy for a Global Church July 15, 2000.
- John Paul II and the Advent of a New Millenium. Reprinted at Christlife.org. America Magazine. [Original Publication Date unknown].
- Faith and Reason: A Note on the New Encyclical. Oct. 31, 1998. See also:
- The Papacy for an Ecumenical Age: A Response to Avery Dulles, by Ladislas Orsy, S.J. October 21, 2000.
- Avery Dulles & Ladislas Orsy in Dialogue November 25, 2000.
- Human Rights: Papal Teaching and The United Nations. Dec. 5, 1998.
- Mary at the dawn of the new millennium January 31, 1998.
- Religion and the News Media: A Theologian Reflects October 1994
- Henri DeLubac: In Appreciation Sept. 28, 1991
- "Leonard Feeney: In Memoriam February 25, 1978
- Infallibility Revisited August 4, 1973
- Loyalty and Dissent: After Vatican II June 27, 1970
- Karl Rahner on 'Humane Vitae,' September 28, 1968
- Faith and Doubt March 11, 1967
- Religious Freedom and Pluralism Journal of Markets and Morality Volume 5, Number 1 Spring 2002.
- Truth as the Ground of Freedom: A Theme from John Paul II. The Acton Institute, 2002. | (Audio)
- Enjoying and Making Use of a Responsible Freedom. Religion & Liberty. The Acton Institute. September-October 2001.
- Centesimus Annus and the Renewal of Culture. Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 2, Number 1-Spring 1999.
Theological Studies
- Jesuits and Theology: Yesterday and Today Theological Studies 52.3 (1991) 524-538.
- Newman on Infallibility Theological Studies 51.3 (1990) 434-449.
- Newman, Conversion, and Ecumenism Theological Studies 51.4 (1990) 717-731.
- A Half Century of Ecclesiology Theological Studies 50.3 (1989) 419-442.
- Paths to Doctrinal Agreement: Ten Theses Theological Studies 47.1 (1986) 32-47.
- Scripture: Recent Protestant and Catholic Views. Theology Today Vol. 37, No. 1. April 1980.
- The Symbolic Structure of Revelation Theological Studies 41.1 (1980) 51-73.
- "Ius divinum" as an Eculmenical Problem Theological Studies 38.4 (1977) 681-708.
- Method in Fundamental Theology: Reflections on David Tracy's "Blessed Rage for Order" Theological Studies 37.2 (1976) 304-316.
- Ministry and Intercommunion: Recent Ecumenical Statements and Debates Theological Studies 34.4 (1973) 643-678.
- Faith and Order at Louvain Theological Studies 33.1 (1972) 35-67.
- The Church, the Churches, and the Catholic Church Theological Studies 33.2 (1972) 199-234.
- Dogma as an Ecumenical Problem Theological Studies 29.3 (1968) 397-416.
- Some Recent Death-of-God Literature Theological Studies 28.1 (1967) 111-118.
- Revelation in Recent Catholic Theology (Theology Table-Talk). Theology Today Vol. 24, No. 3. April 1967.
- Symbol, Myth, and the Biblical Revelation Theological Studies 27.1 (1966) 2-26.
- The Theology of Revelation Theological Studies 25.1 (1964) 43-58.
- The Protestant Preacher and the Prophetic Mission Theological Studies 21.4 (1960) 544-580.
Other Periodicals / Addresses
- Cardinal Avery Dulles on Islam Interview with John Allen, Jr. National Catholic Reporter Oct. 6, 2006.
- Christ's Presence in the Eucharist: True, Real and Substantial Article based on Dulles' Spring McGinley Lecture, given at Fordham University on February 15, 2005.
- Challenges to Moral and Cultural Renewal University of Notre Dame, September 28, 2004, given on the occasion of the Center's fifth anniversary. Sept. 29, 2004.
- Reflections on Ecclesia de Eucharistia. L'Osservatore Romano. Weekly Edition in English. 30 July 2003, page 3.
- Catholic Social Teaching and American Legal Practice Fordham Urban Law Journal, Nov, 2002.
- Covenant & Mission. America, Oct. 14, 2002.
- The Bishops and the Vatican. The New York Times, June 10, 2002.
- Seven Reasons America Shouldn't Execute, for a Symposium on the Death Penalty. National Catholic Register, March 24-31, 2002.
- Faith Traditions and the Death Penalty. Panel discussion with Cardinal Dulles, David Novak, Gilbert Meilaender, and Khaled Abou El Fadl. Chair: Jean Bethke Elshtain. The University of Chicago Divinity School. January 25, 2002 .
- Justification: The Joint Declaration, Josephinum Journal of Theology, Volume 9, Number 1 (Winter/Spring 2002): 108-119.
- Newman's Idea of a University and its Relevance to Catholic Higher Education. Address to the Cardinal Newman Society on November 10, 2001 upon receipt of the John Henry Newman Award for distinguished service to Catholic higher education. [PDF file].
- "On Hope" - Remarks of Avery Dulles following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (As published by James Martin, SJ in America December 18, 2008).
- Orthodoxy and Social Change. The Catholic Social Science Review. Volume IV - 1999.
- Catholics in the World of Mass Media Lecture for the Salesian Guild, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, given January 23, 1999. Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Newsletter Vol. 22, No. 3. Summer 1999. pp. 15-21. [.pdf format]
- How Catholic is the CTSA? Three views. Symposium w/ Mary Ann Donovan, Peter Steinfels. Commonweal, March 27, 1998.
- Mary and the Millenium. Catholic Update [Archdiocese of Cincinnati]. This article is adapted from the Tenth Annual Fall McGinley Lecture delivered at Fordham on November 19, 1997.
- The Travails of Dialogue: The Dialogic Turn. Excerpts from the Laurence J. McGinley Lecture delivered on Nov. 11, 1996.
- The Filioque: What Is at Stake? Concordia Theological Quarterly Vol. 59, No. 1-2. January-April 1995. [PDF format]
- Appreciation & Challenge. Woodstock Report, October 1994, no. 39. Talk given February 1994 for Woodstock's 20th anniversary opening celebration in the Riggs Library at Georgetown University.
- Shaping our Culture through Dialogue. Presentation in a forum hosted by the Woodstock Theological Center. Woodstock Report, March 1994, no. 37, pp. 3-10.