Given how quickly the lectionary moves away from post-Easter events, it is tempting to think we “run out” of stories of the risen Christ. Yet the Church is encouraging us to re-evaluate Jesus’s whole life […]
Category: Theology and Culture
Theology and Scripture at Earth’s End
As we moved through Earth Day this past Sunday, I have found myself contemplating Earth’s death. I don’t mean the destruction of the planet itself (though that may come to pass at some point as […]
Protesting Death and Constructing a Counter-culture of Life
My mother is a fifth-grade educator, and recently on the phone, she told me about the lock down drill their district ran this week. In her small, rural, public school, my mom was instructed to […]
Ethicists Without Borders on the Crisis in Syria
Ethicists Without Borders on the Crisis in Syria April 17, 2018 The poison gas attack that killed and injured scores of people, including children, on April 7, 2018, in Douma, Syria, shocks our consciences. We […]
“Rejoice and Be Glad” : Some Initial Impressions
My personal call to sanctity does not usually involve getting up earlier than usual to read newly released Apostolic Exhortations, but in today’s newly released Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis writes that the “holiness to […]
Imagining Faith: A Tribute to Dr. King
I have to go soon, I don’t have much time. This is my last class teaching at Notre Dame. Have I found the voice with which I sing? Have I found the voice with which […]
Imprisoning Our Dignity: America’s Sin of Mass Incarceration
By Molly Crawford Mass incarceration does not appear on many people’s list of pressing respect for life issues. However, an estimated 2.2 million lives play out behind bars at this moment. These lives are often […]
Women Theologians You Should Be Reading Right Now: A Primer
A mini-post in honor of International Women’s Day today, giving us as good a reason as any to promote and celebrate the contributions of the many excellent women theologians to the church, academy, and society. […]
Seeking God in the Garden of Gethsemane
Sitting in the Garden of Gethsemane I was consoled by an experience that I might not have gotten elsewhere.How often in considering this story do we consider that Jesus sought consolation and prayer in a garden?
But Does It Work? – Anointing the Sick as a Model Response to Suffering
Disclaimer: At the outset of this post, I feel I need to say at least one thing I’m not talking about here. I’m not talking about suffering inflicted by sinful systems and actions, that we […]
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