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April 2015

April 15, 2015

Do You Know Why You Can Blame Catholics for Gay Marriage?

Today I would like to continue in the vein started by my discussion of the...

April 14, 2015

Does Catholic Monasticism Have a Sexual Orientation?

The answer to the the title question is, surprisingly, "yes." But the reasons for...

April 12, 2015

Scientifically Examining the Turin Shroud: Resurrection Sunday Deux

There are those who automatically shrilly say their faith doesn't hang upon The Shroud of...

April 10, 2015

Mein Kampf Against Hitler: Comparing von Hildebrand to Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was recognized as a hero of World War II Nazi-resistance with the posthumous...

April 09, 2015

So You Think Moses Can’t Liturgical Dance? Forget #SalonChristianitySecrets!

Twitter might be abuzz with #SalonChristianitySecrets inspired by a Religion Dispatches piece on Holy Saturday...

April 08, 2015

Worstward Ho(pe): Christ and Apollo and Moving!

I firmly believe that moving is the process of rearranging old constellations of junk into...

April 07, 2015

Religion is at Once Theoretical and Practical

The difference between theory and practice is fairly clear. It is like the difference between...

April 04, 2015

Death as an Object of Faith II: To Live Facing Holy Saturday

What follows is a longread essay by Dariusz Karlowicz that appeared in his award-winning Polish-language...

April 03, 2015

Holy Saturday: Death as an Object of Faith

What follows is a longread essay by Dariusz Karlowicz that appeared in his award-winning Polish-language...

April 02, 2015

Pope Francis and Kristeva Celebrate JP2’s Suffering With Joy

Today Pope Francis celebrated the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's passing with the following...

April 01, 2015

Kolakowski on the Perpetually Haunted Atheist April Fool’s

If patience is a virtue, then the fact that the Church thinks in centuries is...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Rahner’s Biblical Notion of Anonymous Christianity During Holy Week

Holy Week is the most sacred holiday on the Christian calendar. It commemorates the final...

March 30, 2015

Millionaire Migrants, Broke Postdocs

This is a guest post by Dr. Justin Tse of the Comparative Religion Department at the University...

March 28, 2015

See and Taste the Lord is Good: Ocular Communion as Real Communion

Yesterday's post on the curious practice of ocular communion included a brief citation that Ann...

March 27, 2015

Hand? Mouth? What About the Third Way of Receiving Communion?

There are way too many silly debates on how to take Communion. Being a contrarian...

March 26, 2015

Daily Life in the Time of Jesus: Locust Eating 101

Biblical references frequently remain abstractions until they collide with our reality. After opening Henri-Daniel Rops'...

March 25, 2015

For Catholicism the Spirit is the Root of Evil not the Body!

March 25th is the Feast of the Annunciation. This commemorates the day when God took...

March 24, 2015

Netanyahu Understands the Inquisition Better than Zmirak (Who is Closer to Cruz)

The Black Legend of the Inquisition persists because it takes popular opinion a couple of...

March 23, 2015

Deneen, MacIntyre, Schindler, Dreher? For John Zmirak I’m Ahead of Them All!

John Zmirak is a Catholic intellectual of limited credibility. He has an MFA, surprisingly enough...

March 20, 2015

Theological Beliefs Might Be Natural, BUT Are They Rational?

I have this nasty little habit of reading several books simultaneously. The variety of my...

March 19, 2015

Those Christians Who Think there is an Atheist Worldview Deserve a Tinfoil Hat

The post "John Gray: Waiting for an Atheist Morality is Like Waiting for Godot" sparked something...

March 18, 2015

John Gray: Waiting for an Atheist Morality is Like Waiting for Godot

John Gray is one of our most fascinating public intellectuals and one heck of a...

March 17, 2015

5 Pathbreaking Catholic Titles to Watch from the University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago is no doubt one of the most dynamic academic institutions in...

March 16, 2015

2nd Year Summary: 3 Things I Love (& 1 Not So Much) About the Francis Papacy

Anniversaries are traditionally reserved for tallying gains and losses. It's hard to believe...

March 13, 2015

Michael Novak’s Devilish Catholic Defense of Invading Iraq

Michael Novak is at it again. He cannot help defending the foolish decisions the Bush...

March 09, 2015

Satan Likes Pure Spirituality, But St. Augustine Prays Over Butts

Last week I introduced you to Fabrice Hadjadj whose Faith of the Demons which is...

March 05, 2015

11 Most Important Critiques of Modernity According to Thomas Pfau

Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of...

March 04, 2015

Nietzsche Says Christianity Produces Weaklings. Kolakowski Agrees.

Nietzsche's Antichrist is on my all time favorite novels for a particular reason. His writing...

March 03, 2015

Even Demons Believe: Converting the World Will NOT Make Everyone Holy

Last week I wrote about the one novel you need to read this year. Now...

March 02, 2015

Holy Orthodox Mother Russia? Let’s Compare it to Quebec!

Quebec is usually cited as one of the most shocking examples of rapid secularization. The...

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