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February 2015

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 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...

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 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 20, 2015

A Breakdown of the Conservative Catholic Hermeneutic of Contiguity?

I did not expect that reposting "To What Degree is First Things Responsible for Iraq?"...

January 16, 2015

Beauty, Postmodernism, and Vodka: Gregory Wolfe Interview Preview

Gregory Wolfe has spent half a lifetime saying "Beauty will save the world." Czeslaw Milosz...

January 15, 2015

What Christian Group Says It Worships Same God as Muslims?

French history, and a little bit of American international relations, have been the main focus...

January 14, 2015

A French Genocide and Salvation Outside the State

Christians who give into their fears of their opponents miss out on a lot of...

January 13, 2015

From Napoleon to Bin Laden: France and Modern Terrorism

Like amber national anthems preserve monstrosities from the past. Frequently this past humbles the clean self-image...

January 10, 2015

Houellebecq: Charlie Hebdo Coverboy Maps Faith’s Manifestations

Michel Houellebecq is on the front cover of this week's edition of Charlie Hebdo. It...

January 09, 2015

Spreading the Blame: The West’s Exporting of Jihad

Why is it when a small group of religious fanatics kill innocent people it's a...

January 03, 2015

BREAKING — Pope Says We Are All Responsible for Climate Change

In a leaked draft of the forthcoming encyclical on the environment the pope says: Preservation...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Christianity Does Not Endeavor to Save Christianity

The Lumen Christi Institute is devoted to promoting the depth and breadth of Catholic culture...

December 25, 2014

Culture of Waste: Thesis → Antithesis → Santhasis

There's a reason for the season, and Santa it ain't. I can't help suspecting that...

December 19, 2014

Beauty For Truth’s Sake: The Creed’s Amazing Hidden Symmetry Between Son & Spirit

One of the most persistent claims of the Catholic tradition is that truth, goodness, being,...

December 18, 2014

Dare We Hope That All Dogs Go To Heaven?

Dare we hope that all dogs go to heaven? Sure, why not? Though there's no...

December 17, 2014

In the Beginning Was Poverty: Advent Should Rob You Blind

Why does the German church get a lot of grief for its spiritual opulence? Because...

December 16, 2014

Ruined by Books: TOP10 Catholic Studies Books

Some time ago I started a series of topical TOP10 lists. I got as far...

December 15, 2014

God Plays the Numbers

Last week's first post on torture (see the more divisive second one here) mentioned Stratford...

December 11, 2014

Stephen Herreid’s God: A Holiday Thank You Note

Two weeks ago I drove our family Volvo forty miles vaguely aware something was wrong...