Inspired by our own Amanda Osheim’s earlier post on “All I Want for Christmas is an Advent Playlist,” I’d like to offer two Christmas songs to add to your repertoire. I know, I know…who needs […]
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.
A Theological Critique of all things TED
Here at Notre Dame’s campus, I’ve been seeing lots of flyers for their own version of TED talks, called “TEDx.” This is a growing phenomenon, focusing around the idea that “great ideas are worth spreading.” […]
What does it mean to honor the troops? Theological considerations when war is assumed.
It is with difficulty that I confront Veteran’s Day each year. Mostly, I enter the day conflicted, being a “veteran” myself. I am troubled by the simple yet difficult question that Katie Grimes summarized well earlier […]
Fear. A Theological Look at Lynching, Racism, and Modern Society.
Disclaimer: Please note, this post contains graphic discussions of slavery and lynching, including a graphic image of the latter. In a destitute area of the South Bronx in 1995, Jonathan Kozol was interviewing schoolchildren concerning […]
“Masculinity in a Skirt”: Pope Francis and the Role of Women
Homosexuality, contraception, abortion, authority, dogmatics, doctrine, science, prayer, reform, conscience….you name it, the Pope spoke about it in his recent interview with Antonio Spadaro, exclusively published by America Magazine earlier today. Without doubt, there are some phrases […]
Confronting Violence: Navy Yard Edition, with Habakkuk.
habakkuk one. Yesterday, in the wake of yet another mass shooting brought on by a mentally-unstable person with wide access to semi-automatic weapons, I felt powerless. I prayed, I fell quiet. Oh God, if the […]
The Importance of Poetry and Fiction for Theologically Encountering Injustice
I don’t read a lot of fiction these days. I watch a lot of fiction…shows, movies–they require so little energy and attention most of the time. The passive stance, the motionless eyes, the over-amplified dramatics of […]
A Mother’s Day Interview with Julian of Norwich
Yesterday being Mother’s Day, one does not expect to find a sermon relating the absence of one’s father on a business trip to the ascension of Jesus, and one might be surprised to hear a […]
A Theological History of Private Property
Let’s begin with a simple statement: private property is a modern invention and private property is not inherently Christian. This is not to say that the early Christian communities were “socialist” or “communist” in any sort of […]
Breaking down the Elite 8: A Pocket Guide to the Pope’s New Super-Cardinals
Yesterday, our newly beloved Pope Francis announced perhaps the most remarkable move yet in his short pontificate: he has selected an eight-person group of Cardinals, handpicked to represent every Christianized continent of the world (sorry, […]
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