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August 2015

August 06, 2015

Throwing Shade at Capitalism

Why Pope Francis says the economy should not be a mechanism for accumulating goods, but...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

To Love This Poor Perishable World

The challenge of putting down roots.

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Why I Hold on to My Faith, Even Though It Hangs by a Thread

Three words into a hymn or a creed and I'm elsewhere, rudely minding my own...

March 24, 2015

Ted Cruz’s Religious Politics Are Not Especially Christian

Cruz is a candidate for voters who think themselves indispensable and unique.

March 18, 2015

Why the Church Should Oppose All Killing

If human life is sacred and inviolable at every stage and in every situation, as...

March 10, 2015

What the Church Allows Isn’t Necessarily Right

Debates among Catholics about moral issues too often rely on a cursory analysis of Magisterial...

March 03, 2015

Hiding Behind Private Property Rights

One can't justly hide behind private property rights when the system that defines and supports...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Teaching Your Children the Faith Doesn’t Mean Indoctrinating Them

Richard Dawkins himself cannot escape some religious instruction because he’s situated in a society formed...

February 24, 2015

Michael Novak, Still Defending the Iraq War

If you launch into a moral defense of a war without reckoning with the dead,...

February 21, 2015

Some Folks Say Obama Isn’t a Christian: Here’s How He Can Prove Them Right

My addition to this Very Important Debate.

February 18, 2015

Why It’s Wrong to Tell Someone to Pray Away the Gay

"Pray away the gay" is bad theology whether or not you can provide a biblical...

February 12, 2015

Resisting the Church

With respect to the truth, resisting the Church is a risky damned if you do,...

February 10, 2015

What My Newest Newborn Taught Me about the World

Often while holding my infant son, he'll open his blue eyes, turn his face towards...

February 05, 2015

Ten Bible Scenes That Should Be Made into LEGO Sets

Now that Doctor Who is getting official Lego treatment, it's time that the good book--inspired...

January 2015

January 14, 2015

Radical Dependency: A Newborn’s and Our Own

What if, instead of glorifying the autonomous individual and demeaning the poor and dependent, we...

January 07, 2015

The Catholic Version of the Men’s Rights Movement

If women pursuing their rights, fighting systematic oppression and marginalization, and gaining influence in the...

January 05, 2015

Forbes Writer Says Pope Francis Uses Anti-Christian Language of Modern Pagan Green Religion

Steve Moore apparently wants a Church that focuses exclusively on the spiritual aspects of the...

January 05, 2015

Downplaying the Pope’s Upcoming Encyclical on the Environment

Robert George says that Pope Francis doesn't know whether climate change is anthropogenic, presenting the...

January 01, 2015

How Mary Affirmed the Impossible

Mary couldn't make intellectual sense of the angelic announcement (we kid ourselves if we think...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Deriving Morals, Laws, and Policy Ideas from the Bible

The conflict of interpretations is hardly unique to the Bible or to religion. People simply...

December 15, 2014

Responding to Climate Change, Some Catholic Bishops Call for a New Financial and Economic Order

In an effort to mitigate climate change, Catholic bishops from around the globe have called...

December 11, 2014

Homilists for the Homeless

If you're looking for a Christmas gift of the spiritual writing variety, the Homilists for...

December 10, 2014

Should Christians Still Recite the Pledge of Allegiance?

The United States of America receives no special graces or blessings that keep it mostly...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

The Cloister of the Universe

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

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 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 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...