By Kyle Haden, OFM, Ph.D., The moniker ‘Christian’ has lost a good deal of credibility in the last several years. In the Catholic lexicon it has been stained by years of sexual scandals. In mainline […]
![Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House on Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night [Patrick Semansky/AP Photo]](https://dailytheology.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/trumpbible.jpg?w=640)
Category: Social Justice
The Imitation of Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles
On July 22, Christians in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches celebrated the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. One of my favorite anecdotes about St. John XXIII happens to be a joke told by him […]
Grace, Social Action and the Immaculate Conception
Mary’s act of humility and boldness serves a model for us. Mary is neither passive nor prideful. Filled with God’s grace, Mary allows herself to be led by the Spirit to undertake bold actions as a parent, prophet, and follower of Christ.
#VirginiaIsForPeaceLovers: Support Eric Martin’s Legal Fees for Protesting White Supremacy at UVA
Eric Martin—our colleague, friend, and guest contributor to this blog—faces up to one year of prison time for a trespassing charge levied against him by the University of Virginia for peacefully protesting the presence on […]
The Catonsville 9 and Hard Thoughts on Peace
Thomas Merton wrote: “Presumably everyone in the country wants peace in one way or other. But most Americans have prior commitments — or attachments — to other things which make peace impossible. Most people would rather […]
The Murals Must Go: An Open Letter to Fr. Jenkins
This letter originally appeared in the The Observer on November 28, 2017. If you wish to add your name to the many signatures below, please follow this link and your signature will be added within 48 hours. […]
Holy Communion and Unholy Indifference
“Racism opposes the order of Eucharist.” -M. Shawn Copeland, Enfleshing Freedom (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2010), 109. Living in rural Minnesota, like in many rural areas of the United States, I inhabit a context where most […]
The End and Beginning of Hope: A Theological Reflection on Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hope is a dangerous word. We all hope, in some form or fashion, in a vision of reality we wish were true. These visions diverge, sometimes wildly, person to person, culture to culture, faith to […]
Theology & Racial In/Justice: Introducing Shark Week XII
Welcome to the return of Theological Shark Week! This installment of Daily Theology’s Shark Week turns our attention to racial division and injustice in the United States today. As seen in the news, at rallies, […]
Seven Ways to Not Be a Complicit Academic
Three years and six days ago, an unarmed young black man named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. In the aftermath of the unrest that followed the […]
Daily Theology 
You must be logged in to post a comment.