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December 2014

December 10, 2014

Torture and Eucharist?

It's been noted (initially by the author of a book on the theology of the...

December 09, 2014

The Torture Report and the Antichrist

One story stood out from the morning TV buzz today: the United States is preparing...

November 2014

November 07, 2014

Enter Another Dimension: All Souls and All Saints in Poland

I've been going through some old writings in preparation for a conference I'll participate in...

November 04, 2014

Blessed Are the Freeloaders: On the Face of the Poor

When I started writing my latest series of posts I knew I was sticking my...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Reformation Day is an Oops?

Another day, another year, another Halloween, and yet another Reformation Day. Today some of us...

October 30, 2014

Doubt Douthat’s Donatist Precipice

Ross Douthat's "The Pope and Precipice" has received plenty of attention of late. Rod Dreher...

October 29, 2014

The Church’s Geopolitical Chess Strategy

Today I conclude my interview on the Church and Hong Kong with Dr. Justin Tse...

October 28, 2014

The Consequences of God’s Maternal Thinking for Theology

The feminist Sara Ruddick must be doing something right if both Alasdair MacIntyre and Janet Martin...

October 27, 2014

Mini TOP10: Books on Vatican Relations with China and Hong Kong

Today we feature an exclusive peek ahead to the third installment of my interview...

October 23, 2014

What We Want is a Spirituality of Wiping Bottoms and Breastfeeding!

Yesterday's post featured Alasdair MacIntyre discussing how much the philosophical tradition has ignored the dependencies...

October 22, 2014

MacIntyre’s Revelatory Argument About Disability

There is nothing like the thrill of discovering a new vein of thought. The only...

October 21, 2014

Percy on Mental Hygiene: You Are Entitled to Your Depression

Octorber 5-11 was mental health week. You probably heard it mentioned on any of the...

October 18, 2014

The Veils of Separation Drop

In a curious reversal of the Parable of the Good Samaritan I picked up an...

October 17, 2014

Disproportionate Influence: Catholicism and the #HongKongProtests

This is the second installment of my interview with Dr. Justin Tse. It concentrates upon...

October 16, 2014

Synod14: It’s Déjà vu All Over Again!

The Synod reporting has been nothing short of apocalyptic. And I do love it in...

October 08, 2014

Synod14: The Church Needs to Replace the Family

When grandiose Church events such as the Synod on the Family roll around I look...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

All the Best to the Russians, But I Am Profoundly Skeptical

The Merton Annual asked me to write a piece about the Thomas Merton - Czeslaw...

September 17, 2014

Hermann, Max, Woody and Falling Out of the Ordo Amoris

Yesterday we discussed Woody Allen as a liminal personality stuck somewhere between belief and disbelief. Being...

September 16, 2014

Woody Allen Considers Conversion

Allen’s latest film Magic in the Moonlight has not received the credit it deserves. At first glance...

September 14, 2014

The Empire Strikes Back: Feast of the Holy Cross

It's easy to forget the Feast of the Holy Cross is a consummate Constantinian feast....

September 12, 2014

They Were Not Able to Separate the Soul From the Flesh

Finishing Theology of Transformation was one of those bittersweet reading moments: I was happy to...

September 11, 2014

America’s Post 9/11 Nihilism

John Zmirak's writing, while it it is not serious theology, philosophy, or economic theory, has...

September 09, 2014

The Fourteen Foreskins of Christ and Mary’s Hymen

One of my readers asked the following legitimate question in response to Nudus Nudum Christum Sequi:...

September 08, 2014

What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Art and Revelation?

Will Beauty Save the World? The slogan “Beauty will save the world” is increasingly invoked...

September 04, 2014

Nudus Nudum Christum Sequi: On Christ’s Genitalia

Ever since graduation my mornings have followed the routine of studying actively-engaged anthropology. tears, poop,...

September 03, 2014

Christ Is No Longer On Top

The reactions to yesterday's intentionally provocative post on the centrality of the resurrection of the...

September 02, 2014

FACT: Christians DON’T Believe in the Immortality of the Soul

I'm sure you've spent many a night in college, arguing over a beer, or over...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

The Call to Being Has Already Exiled You: Sam Rocha’s Late to Love

I've been trying to write about Sam Rocha's album Late to Love all morning long....

August 27, 2014

Our Second Scientific Revolution. What Can Theology Expect?

The intersection of religion, the imagination, and science is a constant preoccupation of mine. I...

August 26, 2014

Patrick Deneen on Economic Two-Way Baloney

Today, with an uppercut, I'd like to redirect you to Ethika Politika. I've wrapped up...