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September 2021

September 19, 2021

How to Cracks in Pomo: a Manifesto

So what the hell is cracks in Postmodernity? People keep asking me what this esoteric...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

Confronting Suicide and Mental Health during COVID

Mental health and the alarming rise of suicides among young people--most wouldn’t consider these to...

April 05, 2021

Facing Nihilism with High School Seniors

The school where I teach spent the summer debating whether or not to attempt a...

March 2021

March 16, 2021

Ok or not ok, that is (not) the question: CDF & Civil Unions

“The Pope said something about gay.” *cue media firestorm* As the author of Ecclesiastes reminds...

March 07, 2021

Why I won’t recommend Jordan Peterson to my students

As a teacher at (what used to be) an all boys Benedictine high school, I’m...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

Singing with a Childlike Heart: Ozuna’s Odyssey

For reggaeton artist Ozuna, life is an “odyssey.” In a genre that tended to uphold...

January 2021

January 22, 2021

Healing from Addiction, Family Wounds in Nicky Jam’s El Ganador

“With God, there’s no one who can keep the phoenix from flying.” Puerto Rican Reggaeton...

January 07, 2021

In The Mix: Journeying through R&B, Reggaeton, and Byzantine Chant

Originally Published in Convivium Journal, available for purchase at Amazon My grandfather grasped the chant...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

2020 Writing Wrap Up

If there was any plus side to living through a global pandemic, it was finding...

December 26, 2020

Sex, Religion, and Desire in Hulu’s Ramy

Hulu's Ramy is loosely based on the life of Ramy Youssef, who the show stars and...

December 18, 2020

Christianity is the Most Ridiculous Religion: On Scorsese’s Silence

Any sane person would walk away from Martin Scorsese's new film Silence with a profound...

November 2020

November 29, 2020

Theology of the Body Playlist: Finding God in Pop Love Songs

When teaching Christopher West's Fill These Hearts (a simplified analysis of the John Paul II's...

November 27, 2020

Beyond CCM: Finding God in Secular Music

"In music. . . what man pays homage to is something else, something he is...

November 23, 2020

Gay Hallmark Movie Outs the Farce of “Christian Values”

As expected, conservative Christians are up in arms over the first Hallmark Christmas movie featuring...

November 18, 2020

Sex and Sacramentality: Post-Medieval Readings of the Song of Songs

Among the most prominent objections to the strictly allegorical reading of the Song is the...

November 11, 2020

Divine Eroticism: Medieval Readings of the Song of Songs

The intended meaning of the Song of Songs has been a matter of contention since...

November 01, 2020

Amazon, Idolatry, and the Incarnation

I’ve been on a fiction kick. Ever since finishing my master’s thesis, I find that...

October 2020

October 14, 2020

Racial Justice and Third Party Politics: an Interview with Albert Thompson

Albert Thompson is a member of the American Solidarity Party National Committee. He lives in Virginia and is...

July 2020

July 14, 2020

Cracking Through the Culture Wars: Interview with Will Arbery, playwright of Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Will Arbery won over critics and audiences with his play Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Through...

June 2020

June 28, 2020

Fashion Photography: Seeing the Mystery of the Person

This is the third article in a three part series by NYC-based photographer Felicia DiSalvo....

June 27, 2020

Creativity in Quarantine: Photographing Solitude, Memory, Nostalgia

This is the second article in a three part series by NYC-based photographer Felicia DiSalvo....

June 24, 2020

“I want to see everything”: Photography and Human Experience

This is the first article in a three part series by NYC-based photographer Felicia DiSalvo....

June 17, 2020

The Bright Side of Gender Theory

Gender theory is in part a response to the oppressiveness of socially constructed gender norms....

June 12, 2020

FX’s Pose, Gender, and the Endless Consumption of Authenticity

Considering the greater anthropological and metaphysical issues at stake here, it’s important to examine the...

June 11, 2020

Gender Theory and the Vatican: 1 Year Later

I’ve been trying to keep up with the diverse array of responses to the release...

June 05, 2020

A Politics of the Person: Going Beyond the Duopoly with the American Solidarity Party

In his recent book Resisting Throwaway Culture, bioethicist and moral theologian Charles Camosy expressed his...

May 2020

May 19, 2020

Friendship that Surpasses Death: In Memory of Aris Aroutiounian

The news of my friend Aris’ death immediately brought the memory of our last encounter...

April 2020

April 16, 2020

Viva San Rocco!: Living Social Distance with the Saints

By Guest Contributor Ian Schaefer It was a steamy August day in New York when...

April 07, 2020

Teaching in the Midst of Crisis

My latest on being a virtual teacher at Millennial Journal: The pope explained: “Teachers are...

April 04, 2020

When Quarantined, Give Your Heart Generously: A Conversation with Paddy Gilger SJ

Fr. Patrick (Paddy) Gilger SJ is a Jesuit priest of the Midwest Province. In addition...

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