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December 2014

December 09, 2014

America Is Not Good

The Senate Torture Report isn't just about a past policy of torture; it's about the...

December 03, 2014

Bearing a Cross in CW’s ‘Arrow’

Helena Bertinelli, the vengeance-hungry Huntress on CW's show 'Arrow,' wears a cross. Is it merely...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

First Thoughts on the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Teaser Trailer

If there's one thing I can say about the trailer, it's that it's tense. That's...

November 25, 2014

To Fight Racism, Change the System

Nothing short of radicalism will do.

November 24, 2014

The Cloister of the Universe

"The wisdom of Francis makes us realize that God loves us in our incomplete humanity...

November 24, 2014

Preparing for Advent (Patheos Book Club)

Drawing on her life experiences, MacBeth offers short reflections and practical activities we might use...

November 19, 2014

Pacifism isn’t sensible, but then neither is the Christian life

To be Christian means to be willing to sacrifice everything, even one's country, for the...

November 18, 2014

What Kim Kardashian Really Sells

Kim Kardashian sells us endless opportunities to signal to others where we stand on every...

November 17, 2014

It snowed, so of course I dressed up as Queen Elsa and danced with Olaf

Would we call this cosplay parenting? In any case, you're welcome!

November 14, 2014

A Progressive Understanding of Revelation and Religion

How a progressive approach to revelation and religious experience can help the church

November 14, 2014

Derrida, Heidegger, and the Bible Speak

Do Derrida, Heidegger, and the Bible say something similar about our relationship to language?

November 13, 2014

Dietrich von Hildebrand against the Nazis: An Interview with John Henry Crosby

I interviewed John Henry Crosby about his translation of 'My Battle against Hitler,' a collection...

November 12, 2014

The Interpretation of Prophecy in Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’

Prophecy stories can be rather humdrum and contrived, but Miyazaki avoided the pitfalls of the...

November 06, 2014

Losing Control of the Church

What does Cardinal Burke's image of the church as a rudderless ship tells us about...

November 05, 2014

Religious Conversion in Malamud’s ‘The Assistant’

In this post, part of the Religion in Pop Culture Series, I examine the reasons...

November 04, 2014

Religion in Pop Culture Series

Starting tomorrow, I will be writing a weekly series on the representation of religion in...

November 04, 2014

Election Day Thought: Michel Foucault on Regimes of Truth

"Each society has its regime of truth, its 'general politics' of truth: that is, the...

November 03, 2014

Katie Melua Found a Spider Living in Her Ear

Seems Katie Melua has a Franciscan spirit--one more reason she's one of my favorite singers!

October 2014

October 30, 2014

How Evolution Challenges the Basis of Christian Ethics

If human nature can vary and evolve, then the basis of the good can vary...

October 30, 2014

Anita Sarkeesian Explains GamerGate on the Colbert Report

Media critic Anita Sarkeesian discusses her project and the attacks against her with Stephen "Do...

October 29, 2014

Breaking: Pope Francis Is Not an Atheist

Jerry A. Coyne seems upset that the pope isn't an atheist.

October 23, 2014

Get Medieval with Your Justice and Charity

Are acts of charity enough to solve large-scale social problems? Looking at the Middle Ages,...

October 21, 2014

Critical Dogmatism

The world informs the church's understanding of the faith and the faith illuminates its understanding...

October 17, 2014

The Possibility of Pretend Infallibility

Accepting revelation means trusting the individuals who claimed to have received revelation and the individuals...

October 15, 2014

Has the Synod Report Undermined Infallibility?

For some people who read the report or hear about it in the news, the...

October 14, 2014

Making Sense of Death, Creatively

We Catholics do not believe that our prayers and hopes are all made up, as...

October 13, 2014

Will the Church Accept and Value Homosexuality?

Unless I'm mistaken, the Catholic Church has not, before this synod on the family, officially...

October 10, 2014

The Ambiguities of Revelation

The integrity of our faith includes ambiguity. It's not a sign of some "dark and...

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