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2016-04-12T12:09:23-04:00

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the rad trad approach is neither rad nor trad

Last updated on: April 12, 2016 at 12:09 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

I am not a theologian, nor do I play one on the internet. I am a person who enjoys words, however, and when you spend time enough with words in a religious space, you can not avoid confrontations. In this case, I have in mind the confrontations between those of us who love Pope Francis, and the “rad trads” who can’t stand him. But before I get to that, let’s look at another inevitable confrontation: between desire for understanding, and... Read more

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2016-04-11T09:52:33-04:00

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we need a theology of the body broken and violated

Last updated on: April 11, 2016 at 9:52 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Because, as soon as I draw on the language that beautifies, I am pretending that wounds aren’t real, that suffering is all in the past, or, worse, that suffering is actually a blessing, because without suffering this or that rich happy person wouldn’t be rich and happy today. Read more

2018-04-19T21:50:31-04:00

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How Feminism Strengthened My Christianity

Last updated on: April 19, 2018 at 9:50 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

I dared to think, and to see Mary as a woman who thought, who contemplated, who pondered, who analyzed - who had an interiority, secret musings - "but Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart" Read more

2016-04-07T12:02:25-04:00

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we are called to work for social justice

Last updated on: April 7, 2016 at 12:02 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

An article from Crisis, entitled “The Misguided Compassion of Social Justice Catholics,” by Dana R. Casey, was making the rounds on the internet recently, and I tried not to read it, because I knew it would not make me happy. But, because I am an intellectual masochist, and because educated Catholics were sharing it, I did the thing, and clicked the link, and regretted it. I will probably regret responding to it also. I meant to write a piece on... Read more

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2016-04-06T14:18:45-04:00

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cultural appropriation is real, and it is a religious issue

Last updated on: April 6, 2016 at 2:18 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Perhaps God does indeed work mysteriously through the turmoil of history, but the divinely comedic flowering of good from evil doesn't lessen our responsibility for evil. It should just make us more humble. Read more

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2016-04-04T10:04:12-04:00

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custody of the eyes, and the danger of nihilistic despair

Last updated on: April 4, 2016 at 10:04 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Training in sexual responsibility should not draw lines around most of humanity and signal with an arrow that “this alone is safe to see.” It should involve training in seeing the other not as an object, but as a subject herself Read more

2016-04-02T10:57:11-04:00

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when God walks among us, and women need not be afraid

Last updated on: April 2, 2016 at 10:57 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

we see the resurrected Christ make his appearance first to a woman, Mary Magdalene, and how different it is from the encounters of women with gods in other stories Read more

2016-03-31T11:04:51-04:00

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thank you, donald trump!

Last updated on: March 31, 2016 at 11:04 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

The most effective way of ending abortion, I believe, lies in working tirelessly to end those causes that drive women to seek abortions: rape, domestic violence, poverty, inadequate medical care, environmental pollution, lack of parental leave, punitive measures on pregnant women and nursing mothers, the lack of an adequate social safety net. And, curiously, it seems that most pro-choice persons are also interested in ending these things. Read more

2016-03-30T10:59:29-04:00

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breastfeeding: a social justice issue

Last updated on: March 30, 2016 at 10:59 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Breastfeeding is a moral issue, yes, but the moral responsibility lies with the society that tells women they must breastfeed, and then makes it impossible for them to do so. Read more

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2018-04-19T21:46:18-04:00

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Yes, We Can Dare Hope That All Will Be Saved

Last updated on: April 19, 2018 at 9:46 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

In the “Dear Padre” piece on the back of our church bulletin this past Easter Sunday, Fr. Matthew Bonk, CSsR responds to the question “Why aren’t heaven’s gates open to all humanity? If God loves everyone, why aren’t all of us saved.” I realize it may shock you that someone reads church bulletins. I used to read course syllabi, too, in my student days. But once you’ve digested this improbable truth, note the problem with the question: that it takes for... Read more

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