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July 2017

July 12, 2017

The Surprising Anti-Capitalist Logic Behind the Catholic Church’s Continued Ban of Gluten-Free Hosts

The continued ban of gluten-free hosts in the Catholic Church shows that the specificity of...

July 07, 2017

What is the Source of Our Culture of Euphemism and Political Correctness?

The sources of euphemism and political correctness are too close to be seen. The Polish...

July 06, 2017

Charlie Gard Is Going to Die

The Charlie Gard case is a hard case. There are legitimate concerns on all sides.

June 2017

June 21, 2017

The Holy Family as an Icon of World Refugee Day?

The exemplary figure of the refugee has deep biblical roots in both the Old and...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

How is Classical Philosophy is Like War?

Emmanuel Levinas, the father of personalist-oriented phenomenology, reminds us that war is the model for...

May 28, 2017

Where Does the Body of Christ Go After the Ascension?

Jean-Luc Marion argues for a more profound and mundane post-Ascension destination than classical paintings, which...

May 26, 2017

Why Does the World’s Leading Philosopher Remain a Catholic?

Catholic triumphalism isn't much in fashion these days, but Jean-Luc Marion bucks the trends.

May 19, 2017

Publicity Campaign Freudian Slip: Planned Parenthood Wants You to “Slay” With Them

"Slaying" is an apposite verb to describe what the nation's largest abortion provider does.

May 09, 2017

Biblical Authority After Babel Cannot Be Built Upon Mere Protestant Christianity

I recently finished reading Kevin J. Vanhoozer's, Biblical Authority after Babel: Retrieving the Solas in...

May 04, 2017

Atheists Have “National Day of Reason,” But American Atheism is Irrational

Today is something called "National Reason Day," on the atheist calendar. The National Day of...

May 03, 2017

Western Civ Doesn’t Need Tenured Radicals to Ruin Itself

“Tragedy typically leaves questions painfully open, . . . [but] the challenge is not only how...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Post-Execution Church: Rise Up from the Electric Chair!

I read this recent New York Times interview with people who have witnessed an act...

April 26, 2017

Leading Historian Made the Analogy Between the Refugee Crisis and the Holocaust Long Before Pope Francis

There goes Pope Francis again, speaking off the record about news events off-the-cuff. He's compared...

April 24, 2017

Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Memory of the Holocaust Continues to Evolve

The great German philosopher is usually only known for the statement, made in Prisms, that the culture which...

April 22, 2017

2 Reasons Why the March for Science is a Losing Strategy

The March for Science movement is a losing strategy, because of two reasons: 1. too little faith...

April 21, 2017

If You Hate Catholic SJW’s, Especially on Earth Day, Then You’ll Agree with This Thinker

Tomorrow, 22 April 2017, is Earth Day. Earth Day is a day when we stop and especially remember...

April 19, 2017

How Did the Resurrection Historically Affect Reason?

Easter is over, but there are plenty reasons to reason out the resurrections relation to...

April 16, 2017

Liberal Theologian’s Lenient Easter Sermon Makes a Mockery of Lent

Remember when Easter sermons used to demand discipline of us? Yeah, me neither. Pope Francis...

April 15, 2017

Why Yes, The Vatican Museums Are Actually Taking Donations of Blood Money

The blood shed on Good Friday today coagulates into the passivity of Holy Saturday. Western...

April 14, 2017

It’s a Good Friday to Leave Calypso’s Island

The specter of death haunts Western civilization at its roots like any other civilization. Greek and...

April 09, 2017

What is the History of the Coptic Christian Victims of the Egyptian Terrorist Bombings?

The rich diversity of rites has always been a hallmark of Christianity since long before...

April 07, 2017

Syrian Catholic Bishops Unequivocally Condemn American Bombing of Syria

Americans bombing Syria. Wow, that escalated quickly. It all started earlier in the week with...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

Prayer Isn’t About God

Prayer, modern people think it's about God. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Praying is difficult to understand, because we...

March 27, 2017

Wendell Berry and the Given Life

It's been a very long and anxious couple of weeks. I thought I'd give you a...

March 17, 2017

The Myth of Secularization

Secularization theory attempted to expose religion as a myth, but the tables have turned. Nietzsche,...

March 15, 2017

Famous Atheists Who Aren’t Atheist: Facebook Creator Mark Zuckerberg and Desecularization

Exposing the secret religious lives of famous personalities such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Alfred...

March 14, 2017

2017: The Year Your Sperm Stopped Swimming and Started Drowning

Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further...

March 13, 2017

Is There a Way to Get Beyond Making the Best of a Bad Liturgy?

The following is an exchange I facilitated between Villanova theologian Kevin Hughes and Notre Dame liturgist...

March 12, 2017

What Do Sex, Lent, UFO’s, Evolution, and the Shroud of Turin Have in Common?

They're all, in one way or another, connected with Catholicism. That's how they're related. These...

March 10, 2017

Why is the Catholic Experience of Sex so Different from the Protestant Experience of Sex?

Our religious beliefs are not private, because they shape our experiences of fundamental realities such...

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