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March 2014

March 27, 2014

Liturgy, Fanny Howe, and the Horrors of Reality

I'd like to enlist the poet Fanny Howe in the service of defending Eagleton's characterization...

March 25, 2014

Squishy New Atheist Pieties Miss Gospel Love’s Ruthless Demands

What's the difference between this... ...and this? And what do both of them have to...

March 17, 2014

Larry Chapp: How Has Modern Science Shaped Theology?

The third part of my interview with Larry Chapp on the state of the dialogue...

March 16, 2014

Bye-Bye Hypatia Science Martyr?

Continuing in a demythologizing vein I'd like to debunk the picture of Hypatia of Alexandria...

March 11, 2014

Augustine Rocha n' Rolls

Confession: I'm not here to talk about rock n' roll... but Augustine still doesn't even...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Understanding the Mechanics of the Incarnation? Larry Chapp Interview

Today brings you an excerpt from an interview I recently conducted with theologian Larry Chapp....

February 26, 2014

Quick Catholic Ch-Ch-Ch Changes: Pope Francis Does a Phil Jenkins

It seems that the changes in the Catholic Church under Pope Francis are proving Philip...

February 25, 2014

What Makes Literature Catholic?

One of the main problems with current debates about the state of Catholic literature is...

February 20, 2014

Guest Post: The Ecumenism of the Private Consensus Martyrs by Justin K.H. Tse

Artur Rosman has given us a masterful account of the difference between Catholic and Protestant...

February 12, 2014

The Healing Waters of Lourdes

Father Steve Grunow recently wrote a reflection on the history behind the the healing waters...

February 08, 2014

Hans Küng's Catholic Church Abuses

It's clear that it's always raining in Tübingen. NEWSFLASH: Hans Küng abuses his teaching authority...

February 07, 2014

Catholic and Evangelical Sex Scandals Are Structurally Different

Have you heard anything about the abrupt break between Bob Jones University and sex abuse investigators they hired...

February 04, 2014

The Protestant Imagination

After writing a post on the Catholic imagination a bit of Protestant dialectics "If You’re Defending...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

The Catholic Imagination

I recently gave a talk to the Young Adults group at my parish. George Weigel used...

January 27, 2014

Forgiveness Wins: The Perversity of the Prodigal Father

I reluctantly watched the new Arendt biopic last year. The trailer seemed to offer...

January 22, 2014

Abortion, Natural Law, and Antisemitism?

This is the ancient history behind present day hot-button issues. The plurality of stances possible...

January 22, 2014

The Cosmos Liberally Stretches Toward Aleteia and Vatican II

Good news folks. The Zmirak debates have returned to the pages of Aleteia where they...

January 16, 2014

The Taciturn God of the New Testament

I broached the theme of silence in my last post in an extended quote from...

January 12, 2014

God, Cosmos, Humankind, and Woman

Before getting totally side-tracked by the silly Zmirak controversy I meant to write about...

January 11, 2014

Burning Heart: On the Augustinian Strand in American Music

“You stir man to take pleasure in praising you, because you have made us for yourself, and...

January 08, 2014

Apart from… What has Illiberal Catholicism Done for Us?

The John Zmirak piece about "Illiberal Catholicism" has proven to be a great catalyst for...

January 07, 2014

Percy's Cosmos, Dolan's Babylonian Captivity, and Kojeve's Last Man

Pope Francis has an uncanny ability to make the Gospel scandalous. There isn't enough space...

January 05, 2014

Lost in the Environment (Rather than Cosmos) of Commercialism

Lost in the Cosmos is one of those books that you immediately like, even if...

January 04, 2014

Subversive Orthodoxy Meets the Libertarian Preferential Option for the Rich

The writing of the last series of post has got me thinking about what I...

January 02, 2014

Contra Zmirak: In Praise of the Inquisition

WELCOME NOTE: If you're coming here off a Zmirak link (thanks for the free publicity John!)...

January 01, 2014

The Pope’s Sympathy for the Devil

The pope's resurrection of Devil talk is one of the most appealing aspects of his...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Blurred Lines: (Theologically) Nothing is Sacred

Let's get back to the principles of Rabelaisian Catholicism. It all started with a post...

December 26, 2013

Christ-Vegas

We spent a wonderful traditional Polish Christmas with my parents this year. It included two...

December 25, 2013

TOP10: A Christmas Gift for Catholics from Wipf & Stock

The transformation of Eerdmans, a mostly Calvinist publishing company from Grand Rapids, into a publisher...

December 23, 2013

G. Wolfe: Eat (Cath-L)it Already!

I've done a fair share of writing on the fiction of a Catholic/Christian/Religious/(Whatever, so long...