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March 2019

March 25, 2019

It’s Not About Muslim or Christian. It’s About Extremism

We need to get over thinking in terms of religious wars and conquest, get over...

January 2019

January 18, 2019

Of Nazis, Toxic Masculinity, and the Privilege of Violence

One of the sillier of many silly responses to the “men can do better” Gillette...

February 2018

February 07, 2018

How Safe Can Our Art Be?

There's sacrifice demanded by art, but this doesn't mean you sacrifice the lives of others...

August 2017

August 15, 2017

Christian Ethicists Issue Statement in Condemnation of Racism and White Supremacy

I encourage you to stand in solidarity with them, with us, with the entire body...

November 2016

November 11, 2016

at a time of upheaval, violence is not the answer – but neither is authoritarian unity

An essay to annoy everyone

November 07, 2016

fr. pavone, being prolife is not about performance art

No, in this case, these images serve to harm the other victims in the picture:...

October 2016

October 02, 2016

the difficult and uncomfortable non-negotiables of the gospel teaching

Why don’t we emphasize violence – any violence, for any reason – as the primary...

July 2016

July 15, 2016

turning to religion in times of violence: why we pray

We all need to take seriously the challenge posed to our beliefs, by history. I...

July 08, 2016

rejecting the glamour of evil: a pledge of non-violence

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

June 2016

June 17, 2016

inequality and grief: why I pray

I can handle a trip to Mordor if I get to come home and plant...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

pray for peace o jerusalem

if I catch the light just right, my sloth might look like virtue, indifference like...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Disturbing Nature

Nature is violent, but innocent. And it can't be a basis for ethics.