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 […]
Tag Archives: Society
True Value
On Monday my Facebook feed revealed that a friendly acquaintance has an article coming out in a prestigious academic journal. While I wish my first thoughts had been, “Oh good, […]
Happy Are the Poor. (Yes. Really.)
Just days after his election the Cardinal-Formerly-Known-As-Bergoglio commented that he made the unprecedented choice of “Francis” for his papal name because he was inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, whom […]
Dependency and Reality
Yesterday Pope Francis sent out a tweet suggesting a correlation between self-centeredness and the quest for profit (a tweet that gained him 81,000 followers in one hour, by the way). […]
The Public Vocation of the Theologian
Whom does the theologian serve? In a certain sense, it’s an easy question to answer: the theologian serves God and neighbor. But then again, what theologian would stop with an […]
Translation is everything
I love to translate. Now, I don’t mean hopping to google translate or employing the latest browser add-on to translate entire webpages. These tools can be helpful and, to a […]
Thoughts on the University and the Value of Education: A (Belated) Response to Fr. Himes
Last week in the Education Life section of the New York Times, Laura Pappano wrote on the continuing growth of the master’s degree. According to her interviewees, the former “consolation […]
