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January 2015

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 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...

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 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 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 08, 2015

Will We Once Again Enlist Islam Against Western Extremism?

Yesterday's piece on Ryan Bell (the pastor who became an atheist) made it seem like...

January 05, 2015

I Have Met Many Secular Bigots (Calasso on Sacrifice)

It's a big deal any time Roberto Calasso releases a book, because his books always...

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 23, 2014

Two Nativities? Can You Divine the Original Christmas Story?

Margaret Barker sure knows how to set up an argument. She goes all out in...

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...

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 22, 2014

MacIntyre’s Revelatory Argument About Disability

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

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 03, 2014

Talking At the Muslim Leadership Is Futile

Leading up to the coalition of the willing waging war against ISIS much noise was made about...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Psychopolitics: Schmitt, Bush’s Iraq Mess, and the Saddam Solution

Carl Schmitt who was one of those extremely bad Catholics like Heidegger who...

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 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 01, 2014

Holocaust in Context: Auden’s September 1, 1939

Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past," in his Requiem for...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Conversation with Patrick Deneen About Catholic NeoCons

I've gone done an interview with Patrick Deneen of the political science department at Notre...

July 12, 2014

Papal World Cup Final 2014: Argentina is on God’s Side #QED

Above are the Catholic numbers for this 2014 World Cup Final. What can we learn...

July 08, 2014

Were Catholics Targeted by the Conservative Culture Wars?

Rachel Held Evans has finished her third book and is back to blog writing. I...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

GOD HATES FLAGS: The Public Nature of Theology

The protests in the Ukraine have taken a somewhat unexpected violent turn recently after the...

February 12, 2014

The Healing Waters of Lourdes

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

January 2014

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

The Cosmos Liberally Stretches Toward Aleteia and Vatican II

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

December 2013

December 09, 2013

Between the Icon and the Idol: What and Before Whom We Have Bowed?

Artur Mrówczyński-Van Allen is director of the Slavic Department at the International Center for the...