We humans are a short-lived species. The average life-span in the United States hovers between 75 and 80. The age of the earth, on the other hand, is around 4,500,000,000 years. The age of the […]
Author: John P. Slattery
John P. Slattery is the Director of the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law at Duquesne University. He is also a consultant for the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, DC. An ethicist, theologian, and historian of science, Slattery works at the intersection of technology, science, religion, and racism. He is the author of the 2019 Faith and Science at Notre Dame and the editor of the 2020 Christian Theology and the Modern Sciences. His essays have appeared in Commonweal Magazine, Science, Religion Dispatches, and Daily Theology.
Misericordia et Misera: The Year of Mercy is Over, May it Continue Forever.
On this, the closing of the Extraordinary Year of Mercy in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis released his latest encyclical letter, Misericordia et Misera. It is a relatively short letter (around 15 pages printed) and gets […]
Finding Wisdom in the Past: Rev. Martin Niemoeller
In the wake of news that an openly anti-Catholic, misogynist, anti-Muslim and racist man, Stephen Bannon, has been appointed “Chief Strategist” to President-Elect Trump, I felt the urge to reflect on one of the many voices who shape […]
On Conscience: A Voting Guide from “A Man for All Seasons”
Near the end of the classic movie and screenplay about St. Thomas More, “A Man for All Seasons,” More finds himself imprisoned for not signing King Henry VIII’s Act of Succession. More will not reveal to […]
How Would Jesus Vote? Introducing Shark Week X.
On the one hand, it’s a comical question. And perhaps one to be disregarded as clickbait in an increasingly monetized internet of thoughts and feelings. On the other hand, just like the much-ridiculed campaign of […]
Face to Face with Tragedy
A few weeks ago my wife and I attended a “meet and greet” event for potential adoptive families, where adults get to meet and interact with a few dozen children who are ready and able […]
This is not a new normal
In case you haven’t heard, over the past two days, two more young black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, were killed by police officers. Mr. Sterling was shot by officers in Baton Rouge, LA, while […]
A Conversation about Blogging and Theology #BloggingCTS
This Friday, June 3, at 2-3:30pm Central Time, a group of bloggers from Daily Theology and Catholic Moral Theology will host a panel discussion at the Annual Meeting of the College Theology Society at Rockhurst University […]
A Theological History of Private Property
Author’s Note: On this, the birthday of Karl Marx, amid the shaping of an unprecedented political landscape, I felt moved to repost this reflection on property and Christianity with a few minor edits. This post originally appeared in […]
Celebrating Three Years of Francis
I really can’t believe it has been 3 years (and one day) since the election of Pope Francis. I was sitting in my library carrel on the 11th floor of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh library, […]
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