Yves Congar and the Future of the Church in Its Past
Charles Taylor on the contributions of Yves Congar OP to Vatican II.
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Truth and Courage
Catherine Pickstock on aspects of the truth.
Was Vatican II a Bad Seed?
John Cavadini on Archbishop Viganò's recent criticisms of the Second Vatican Council.
Gratitude as a Virtue
Jessica Hooten Wilson on being thankful even for fleas.
A Very Short Introduction to Aquinas
Herbert McCabe on what you should know about the Angelic Doctor's thinking.
The Primacy of Personal Knowledge of God’s Existence
Jean-Paul Juge on the limits built into the proofs of God's existence.
The Twists and Turns That Led to the First Vatican Council
Shaun Blanchard on the 150th anniversary of Vatican I and beyond.
Our Enemy Is Turned Into a Friend
Adrian Vermeule on Cardinal Newman and liberalism as a happy fault.
Lonergan on a World on Fire
Anne Carpenter on the relevance of Lonergan's theories of history.
Agamben and Francis After the Quarantine
Lyle Enright on whether we all may be yet Francis--and how.
Is Allah a Different God Than the Biblical God?
Gabriel Said Reynolds on what minding scriptures adds to this controversy.
The Wisdom of Boethius for Uncertain Times
Robert Koerpel on the consolations of philosophy.
Historiographic Sophistications: The Eclipse of Medieval Women Mystics
Cyril O'Regan on how theory eclipses the witness of medieval women mystics.
Historiographic Sophistications: Did Gnosticism Exist?
Cyril O'Regan on the contested existence of Gnosticism.
The Cave of Plato and the Caves of Christ
William Hackett on the false dichotomy between myth and reason.
You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die
Eugene McCarraher on the pecuniary theology of neoliberalism.
Friendship With God After a Time of Tragedy
Jane Peters on friendship in the life and philosophy of Raïssa Maritain
The Long History of Catholic Dissent
Shaun Blanchard analyzes modern theological crises caused by dissent.
Where Does the Church's Crisis of Authority Dwell?
Terence Sweeney enlists Hannah Arendt to answer this question.
How to Do Moral Theology Today
Alessandro Rovati proposes New Wine, New Wineskins as an antidote to the crisis of Catholic moral theology.
The Phenomenology of Christ in Flesh and Bones
Emmanuel Falque on the possibility of thinking a truly fleshly Incarnation and Resurrection.
Richard Dawkins Discovers His Ideal Idiom and Audience
David Bentley Hart reviews Richard Dawkins's Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide.
The Consumer's Regress
Scott Beauchamp on the spiritual twists and turns of crass consumerism.
Ordinary Mysticism in the Unnameable Present
Kevin Hughes proposes contemplative mysticism as a way through ordinary life.
René Girard and the Present Moment
Cynthia Haven on René Girard's insights for our fraught cultural situation.
The Unoriginal Augustine
Jessica Hooten Wilson on René Girard, Augustine, and the great art of imitation.
When a Pope Writes and the Church Rebels
Richard Yoder reflects upon a not uncommon scenario.
Is Democracy Moral?
Zbigniew Stawrowski argues that modern democracy is moral but unethical.
This Is Your Mind on Scriptures
Gabriel Reynolds, Francesca Murphy, Mun'im Sirry, and Tzvi Novick on the importance of minding scripture(s).
The Last Knight of Scholastic Philosophy
Catherine Sims Kuiper, Collegiate Professor of Liberal Arts at Hillsdale College, praises the Baroque excesses of Suarez.