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February 2015

February 28, 2015

Hope Abandoned: Something Rotten in Putin’s Russia Besides Nemtsov’s Corpse

"Killing Hope in Putin's Russia" could be one of the most depressing reads of the...

February 27, 2015

The West Was Never Western: Creative Plagiarism, Rome, Tracing

I was recently reminded of a quip in Woody Allen's Annie Hall. His character says: I...

February 26, 2015

On Lent and the Martyred Copts: Can Water, Silence, and Desert Coincide?

Lent is the seasons of going off into the desert and facing temptation. In the...

February 25, 2015

Ida and Avoiding Silence at Any Cost

My initial reflections upon Ida concentrated upon the historical context of the film, about what...

February 24, 2015

What’s the One Novel You Need to Read This Year?

Death Comes for the Deconstructionist lays out the set of confounding problems facing us in the...

February 23, 2015

1 Thing Nobody Noticed about Oscar Best Foreign Film Winner Ida

Great art always shows you more than you are prepared to see. While watching Ida...

February 21, 2015

Repentance is the Daughter of Hope and the Refusal to Despair

An excerpt from Archbishop Sartain's A Lenten Pilgrimage that hits all the right notes: Every Lent...

February 20, 2015

Incarnadine: Playful Poetic Sadness on the Edges of Religious Hope

Poetry is meant to be performed out loud, just like the liturgy—the connection between these...

February 19, 2015

Cardinal Burke Dissents: Ashed Foreheads are a Sign of Feminization

This post might be labeled "comedy," but it's serious. Its seriousness flows from a frivolous...

February 18, 2015

What Does The Wolf of Wall Street Teach Us About Faith and Lent?

Scorsese caught a lot of flack for The Wolf of Wall Street. The critics said...

February 17, 2015

Stand by Your Man: Are Some Feminism(s) in Capitalism’s Bondage?

Networking is not reserved to the the internet. If there is one lesson to take...

February 16, 2015

Forget the Classics: What New Theology Books Ought You Read This Lent?

If developing a challenging reading regiment is part of your Lent practice, then you are in...

February 14, 2015

Valentine Love Songs: Romero & Opus Dei, Carr & Faith, Troubadours & Twerks, Bloy & Bloy

I was elected the education director of the University of Washington Newman Center in the...

February 13, 2015

Carnival is Getting off the Ground: Stoop Down & Meet St. Puke!

I've been catching up on reading of late. It's part of my effort to deepen...

February 12, 2015

The Catholic Valentine’s Creepier than 50 Shades

On this Valentine's Day I'd like to remind you that Catholicism is creepy. Yesterday afternoon I...

February 10, 2015

Obama’s Drones are far Deadlier than the Spanish Inquisition

Obama seems to finally have reached that most amusing point in a two-term presidency: The...

February 09, 2015

Tournier & McCabe on Keeping Theology Grubby

One of my favorite pieces of spiritual advice comes from Herbert McCabe's God, Christ, and...

February 06, 2015

Did Darwin Kill God? Conor Cunningham and Benedict XVI Answer

That's one heck of a question, isn't it? The BBC documentary at the bottom...

February 05, 2015

Jean-Luc Marion: Does Silencing Love Mean Philosophy is a Misnomer?

The everyday ramifications of reading are a constant preoccupation of mine. I like to believe...

February 04, 2015

Last Temptation of Christ & American Christian Responses to ISIS

The season of Lent is almost upon us. We are traditionally invited to practice ascesis. That...

February 03, 2015

The Missionary Positions of the Hitchens Family: On Cosmic Delusions

The Hitchens family is well known for its missionary positions. Christopher Hitchens was so hellbent...

February 02, 2015

Q: How does Belichick Have a Leg up on the Devil & Pete Carroll?

Wait for it, wait for it, wait like for Godot . . . ....

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Milosz Mentors Merton on Manichaeism & the Modern Mind

It is fashionable to dump upon Thomas Merton. He seems to have been too open...

January 30, 2015

Upward Trends: The State of Catholic Culture Report

The Republican dropping of abortion into the political dumpster put the failure of the Pro-Life...

January 29, 2015

How is Aquinas so Premodern That He’s Postmodern?

If you hang around enough weird overeducated people, then you've probably heard the phrase "He's...

January 28, 2015

5 Facts Holocaust and World War II Remembrances Frequently Forget

The Holocaust is inextricably tied to memory through maxims such as: Emil Fackenheim's "Never forget" and...

January 27, 2015

Why Study Philosophy as a Spiritual Exercise?

As great as John Milbank is, there are plenty of other great things going on...

January 25, 2015

St. Socrates: Philosophy’s Permanent Ties to Theology

Dominique Janicaud has spent the great part of his academic career attempting to somewhat belligerently...

January 22, 2015

#Roe42: Abortion, Cognitive Bias & the Problem of Representation

The problem of representation is one of the key issues of modern philosophy. It ranges...

January 21, 2015

How Did Disappearing Middle Eastern Religions Survive in the First Place?

Gerard Russell's Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East should...

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