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 […]
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Face to Face with Tragedy
A few weeks ago my wife and I attended a “meet and greet” event for potential adoptive families, where adults get to meet and interact with a few dozen children who are ready and able […]
A Theological History of Private Property
Author’s Note: On this, the birthday of Karl Marx, amid the shaping of an unprecedented political landscape, I felt moved to repost this reflection on property and Christianity with a few minor edits. This post originally appeared in […]
René Girard, “Pioneering Hedgehog,” has Died
By Chris Haw What do you get when you combine Darwin, Durkheim, Freud, Nietzsche, and Saint Augustine? You get something like René Girard. I never had the pleasure of meeting this, now late, French-American Stanford […]
“He’s not just a saint, he’s Jeremiah”: An Interview with John Dear on Blessed Óscar Romero
On Thursday, May 21, 2015, while visiting the campus of the Universidad Centroaméricana José Simeón Cañas (UCA) in San Salvador, Meg Stapleton Smith and I spoke with renowned author, nonviolent activist, priest, Father John Dear. […]
Vamos Todos, Vamos Todas
On February 13, 1977, Salvadoran Jesuit Rutilio Grande, who was a close friend of Oscar Romero, gave a sermon responding to the abduction and expulsion of Mario Bernal, a Colombian priest working in the neighboring […]
The Details of Our Devotion
There are few writers that have impacted my view of the world, and the way I see myself in it, as profoundly as Mary Oliver has. I have added her poems to my personal collection […]
Blind in the Light of the Sun
“GOD IS NOTHING BUT MERCY AND LOVE.” – St. Therese of Lisieux The video at the bottom of the page recently made the rounds on social media. I found it so moving that I re-watched […]
The CTSA Kerfuffle: Struggle On Sisters and Brothers
*Please see a note of clarification from Holly Taylor-Coolman in the first comment in the comments section below Introduction As I wade into the discussion about the recent happenings at the Catholic Theological Society of […]
The Superbowl Blackout and the Failed Masculinity of Downton Abbey
Perhaps it was the juxtaposition of an exciting sporting event that around 100 million people were watching, or perhaps it was that, for the first time since Katrina, power went out in the Superdome. Here […]
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