By Chris Hadley, S.J. “Nineveh is destroyed! Who can pity her? Where can one find any to console her?” (Nahum 3:7). “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and […]
The Quest for The Real World: MTV vs. Monasticism
MTV’s reality television show The Real World has been airing almost as long as I have been alive. Perhaps you are familiar with the infamous narrative given over the opening title sequence: “This is the […]
August 6th and the Two Clouds
We here at Daily Theology are in the middle of our Vacation Bible School with many of our contributors offering insights into Scripture and how to read it with greater depth and understanding. I have […]
Reading John with John P. Meier: Some Insights
I once had the good fortune to learn about the Gospel of John with the world-renowned Biblical scholar and prominent “historical Jesus” expert, John P. Meier. Despite our semester-long engagement with this one gospel, my […]
Five Things I Learned from the Jesuits
July 31st is the feast day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (the “Jesuits”). The Jesuits are a religious order, officially founded in 1540 and currently numbering over 18,000 […]
The Imitation of Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles
Today, July 22, Christians in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. One of my favorite anecdotes about St. John XXIII happens to be a joke told by him […]
Returning to Israel and Its King: Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew
The stereotype about most Catholics is true: we don’t know our Bible, especially the Hebrew Bible. Because of this, the Gospel of Matthew poses a challenge, because it depends so explicitly upon the history, narrative conventions, […]
“The Canticle of the Turning”: The Gospel of Luke and Radical Imagination
If I had an opportunity to sit down and chat with one of the four evangelists, I’d pick Luke. I just find his gospel so riveting and his characters so compelling. Any child somewhat familiar […]
The Most Difficult Words of Jesus
As Vacation Bible School continues here at Daily Theology, I would like to turn our attention to the Gospel of Luke–in particular, to a passage I like to call “the most difficult words of Jesus.” In this […]
Catherine Tekakwitha and the Strangeness of Holiness
Today is the feast of the newly canonized (2012) Saint Catherine Tekakwitha. In much of this post I’m relying for the historical facts and some of the theoretical discussion upon the excellent book Mohawk Saint: […]
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