Scrooge Had a Vocation Too!
Dwight Lindley on the nature of Scrooge's call and response.
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Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita?
Erik Eklund gives Lolita, and the metaphysics of writing, back to Nabokov.
The Universe as It Should Be
Jason Baxter travels with the Desert Fathers, Dante, and Merton into natural contemplation.
Byung-Chul Han's Sinking Cargo Cult of Meaning
Scott Beauchamp plumbs Byung-Chul Han's new direction.
C.S. Lewis's Mixed Bag of Tangents and Asides
Jessica Hooten Wilson defends the strange composition of Surprised by Joy.
Where Is the Fault Lodged?
Amy Welborn, author of over two dozen books on Catholic spirituality, revisits Souls and Bodies and the Sixties.
What Our Selfies Are Doing to Ourselves
Jason Baxter, WCC Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Humanities, advocates swerving outward to go inward.
Once Upon a Time of Violence
David Griffith, writer and educator, ponders the ties between real and on-screen violence with the help of Tarantino's latest film.
Deadwood's Violent Theological Realism
Jonathan Heaps, Marquette PhD candidate in theology, on the scandal of God's grace in Deadwood.
Faith Formation with Flannery O'Connor
Stephanie Reuter, ND MTS student of systematic theology, presents Flannery O'Connor as a catechist.
Aquinas in Ecstasy
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair of Theology, encapsulates a recent ecstatic ressourcement of Aquinas's theology.
The Barbarian and the Virgin Mary
Dwight Lindley, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale College, looks to the Virgin Mary for a non-abstract inclusivity.
Pushing Back Against Marilynne Robinson's Theology
Jessica Hooten Wilson, Associate Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at John Brown University, pushes back against Robinson's Emersonian theology with the help of Flannery O'Connor.
The Most Revolutionary Philosopher Since Plato?
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, introduces Charles Péguy's final work on Henri Bergson.
Reassessing the Terrifying Modernist Religion of Rilke's Elegies
Romano Guardini, Catholic priest, professor, and author, introduces Rilke's The Duino Elegies to a Catholic audience.
Self-Centeredness Isn't Narcissism's Central Problem
Angela Franks, Ph.D., professor of theology at Boston's St. John's Seminary, enlists C.S. Lewis to overturn commonplaces about narcissism.
Baudelaire, Maistre, and Original Sin
Françoise Meltzer, Chair of the U. of Chicago Comparative Literature Department, looks at the influence of Maistre's philosophy upon Baudelaire's poetry.
Lent Intensifies
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, notes how melody, harmony, and rhythm help us encounter Christ anew.
Brideshead Revisited During Lent
Patrick Tomassi, teacher at Trinity Academy and blogger at Pop-Culture Pelican, takes a Lent journey through Evelyn Waugh's classic.
Glimpsing Eternity Through Lent Melody
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, continues her musical journey through Lent by suggesting how time might open up to eternity.
What Mary Oliver Knows About Death and Beauty
Madeline Infantine, Miami University MFA student in poetry, looks back at the contemplative legacy of Mary Oliver on World Poetry Day.
The (Video) Game Is On
Rev. Mark A. Villano, campus minister at the University Catholic Center at UCLA, considers how entertainment and enrichment can coincide.
Facing Lent Discouragement
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, continues her musical journey through Lent with a focus on Lent failure.
The Solemn Joy of Lent
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, starts a musical look at the growing anticipation amidst Lent penitence.
Who Is an African Without Ancestors?
Eric T. Styles, Rector of Carroll Hall at the University of Notre Dame, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Black Panther.
Friendship and Freddie Mercury
Nathan Bradford Williams, Master of Theological Studies student at Boston College, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Bohemian Rhapsody.
Roma’s Wounding Confession
Joseph G. Kickasola reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Roma.
An Inadvertent Critique of Scapegoating?
Renée D. Roden, Notre Dame MTS graduate and freelance writer, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Vice.
BlacKkKlansman Scopes the Archives of the American Soul
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, reviews the Oscars 2019 best picture nominee Green Book.
Is Truth and Reconciliation Possible?
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, reviews the Oscars 2019 Best Picture Nominee Green Book.