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December 2015

December 08, 2015

Benedict XVI’s Theology of Bacon (& Creation)

The environment and Bacon are closely tied in Benedict XVI's theology. The lack of major...

December 07, 2015

Was Vatican 1 Shockingly More Political Than Vatican 2?

Catholic History is stranger than you think. [Léger] spoke to me with excitement about his...

December 03, 2015

The Discovery of God: God IS Dead? Long Live God!

Language periodically wears itself out when speaking about God. But that is not the same as...

December 02, 2015

On Noses and the Incarnation

"For the Son of God became man so that we might become God." --St....

November 2015

November 18, 2015

TOP10 SciFi Book & Film Resources for a Judgmental Prophetic Theology

The SciFi genre is today's incarnation of the prophetic tradition's harsh and judgmental sayings of...

November 07, 2015

From Ancient Philosophy to Christian Wisdom

The relationship of early Christian theology to philosophy is near and dear to me. I...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

TOP10 Books on Religion and Ecology

I have put together this list as a distraction, or better yet, a refocusing of...

October 23, 2015

Why Did Hans Urs von Balthasar Remain Catholic?

If you think that Catholicism is in some special mess today, then you really have...

October 22, 2015

TOP10 Books On Theology and Neuroscience

The relationship between religion and science is frequently presented in an agonistic light. But there's...

October 21, 2015

Against the Defense of Christendom

A Wall Street Journal piece by Bret Stephens, In Defense of Christendom, is unfortunately making...

October 19, 2015

BREAKING–Pope Francis to Announce he Converted to Anglicanism

You really do wonder sometimes: I wonder how the non-clerical Christian world would have reacted...

October 13, 2015

Catholic Gore Galore on the Synod’s Sidelines

I've promised I'll keep away from commenting upon the Synod on the Family through my...

October 01, 2015

Newton’s Apple and Other Myths About Science

The intersection of science and religion is a frequent topic on this blog. The relationship...

September 2015

September 20, 2015

The Blood of St. Januarius Boils Over Every September

Catholicism is a strange religion, perhaps the most worldly of them all, if you...

September 16, 2015

Zygmunt Bauman: From Liquid Modernity to Theology

Today was a busy day, so this post will come quickly, late, and in some...

September 03, 2015

What’s the Most Epic Book Genre Mislabel in Publishing History?

Have you ever noticed how nearly every book you've ever picked up that's not self-published...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

No Theology, No Phenomenology of the Person?

Thomas Pfau is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English and professor of German at...

August 12, 2015

Pope Francis Gets Boost from Leading Cultural Marxist Publisher!

If you're one of those people who wastes time railing against entities belonging to a...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

John Milbank: The Eastward Movement of Western Theology

What John Milbank, author of Theology and Social Theory, calls the Eastward movement of Western...

July 14, 2015

A Religion is Plausible if it Tells You What to Do With Your Genitals

Facebook blocked me from promoting my St. Paul talking shit piece yesterday because they think...

July 10, 2015

10 Mind-Bending Theology and Philosophy Books for This Summer

Maybe it doesn't show from this blog, given how many TOP10 lists I've written, that...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Playing Mad Libs with Laudato Si’ & the Politics of Identity

What if you took recent articles and replaced some words as you would in Mad...

June 13, 2015

Why Does Continental Philosopher Richard Kearney Remain Catholic?

Richard Kearney holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College and has...

June 09, 2015

Romanticism & Reason: New Inklings Biography Authors Interviewed

========================================================================== Philip and Carol Zaleski are the coauthors of Prayer: A History and The Book of Heaven. The...

June 04, 2015

Get 2 Know a Catholic Publisher: TOP10 Angelico Press Titles

The 20th century's most influential theologian, Hans Urs von Balthasar, once called for a "kneeling...

June 03, 2015

Christians are Dynamic Postmodernists Relative to Conservative Bruce — Caitlyn Jenner

Theorists and practitioners of Gender Theory are frequently mistakenly considered to be postmodern relativists. But,...

June 02, 2015

Does the Internet Have a Theology? A Review of Spadaro’s /Cybertheology/

Since you are reading this, I'd like to ask you a question: Do you have...

June 01, 2015

How to Make the Rosary More Inclusive in 3 Easy Steps

One of the great blessings of the rosary is its repetitiveness. This repetitiveness fosters the...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Pythagoras, Rocks, the Divine, Heidegger: This is Frozen Music

Music has power. And its greatest power is to create a pathway between the human...

May 28, 2015

Forthcoming Major Inkling Biography: 42% Off on Amazon

I'll be honest with you. I'm not a fan of C.S. Lewis. He is immensely...