On one of my last days as a high school religion teacher, I walked into the classroom and began by asking the students if they had any questions on the previous night’s homework. One of […]
Somebody Stole My Stuff
By Vanessa White, Catholic Theological Union My journey into becoming a theologian/activist began when I was a young African American woman scholar in the 1980s attending post graduate theology courses at a Historically Black University. […]
Jesuit Education and the Bursting of Soap Bubbles
By: Christopher Pramuk, Xavier University The widespread failure of our criminal justice system to secure the principle that black lives matter no less than white lives is hardly “news” for peoples of color. What may […]
The Time is Now for a Renewed Catholic Student Movement
College students represent one of the most powerful demographics in the United States and Catholicism is the one of the largest religious traditions among college-age students in the country. A mobilized movement of this demographic could have a transformative impact on higher education, on the church, and social issues around the world. The time is now for a renewed student movement.
Lenten Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement
By: M. Shawn Copeland, Boston College The Christian liturgical calendar reenacts in real time key events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of God, as these are recorded in the four Gospels. […]
Owning Discomfort: Teaching Racial Justice in the Classroom
In their introduction to a week of reflection dedicated to “The University as Social Force,” the Daily Theology editors offered a quote given by the Jesuit priest Igancio Ellacuría at the University of Santa Clara […]
Student Protest & The Liberal Arts
By Brian Hamilton The last five years have seen an explosion of protest movements, from Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park to Baltimore. They’ve targeted austerity measures in Greece, racist policing in Ferguson, underfunded schools in […]
Rationalizations and Progress: A Case Study for Catholic Academia
Every place, every person, every situation of history in the United States has some connection to the ravages of chattel slavery.[1] As I’ve written about in the past, modern American society was built on the systematic […]
Arresting the Beauty: Art and the Transfiguration of Jesus
Second Sunday of Lent Art captures beauty and truth in a way that evades empirical observations. This mystery was mediated before me as I sauntered through the Art Institute of Chicago the other day. I was […]
The University as Social Force? An Octave of Theological Reflection
From February 21-28, consciously both deep in the season of Lent and during Black History Month, Daily Theology will host its 8th week of reflection, entitled “University as Social Force? Protest and Activism in Academia.” This is an introduction to the week.
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