Nuclear Peace as the Mock Version of the Gospel
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Stanford University Professor of French and Political Science, demythologizes nuclear deterrence.
Our New World Without Kith or Kin
Scott Beauchamp, author of the forthcoming "Did You Kill Anyone?," breaks down the Second Demographic Transition's plague of lonely deaths.
JP2's Labor on Marx
Angela Franks, Professor of Theology at St. John's Seminary in Boston, demonstrates how the pope critiqued and developed Marx's theory of labor.
Kindling the Desire to Find God in All Things
Anna Moreland and Grant Kaplan remember the inspired example of their teacher, Michael Buckley, SJ.
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Atheism's Lessons for Theists
Terence Sweeney, Villanova doctoral candidate in Philosophy, shows how atheism can resposition belief.
A Brief Theology of the As If
Philipp W. Rosemann, Chair of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, presents a novel Ratzingerian approach to the faith.
The Ideological Death of Catholic Education
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, navigates between endless novelty and radical traditionalism.
The Dangerous Alliances Between Catholicism and Phenomenology
Edward Baring, Drew University Associate Professor of Modern European History, explains the two-way traffic between Catholicism and phenomenology.
Toni Morrison’s Theological Grotesque
Christina Bieber Lake, Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College, highlights the thick theological resources used by Morrison in Beloved.
Marxism and Religion
Alasdair MacIntyre, Distinguished Research Fellow at the ND Center for Ethics & Culture, compares Marxist hope to Christian ideals.
Officially Sanctioned Catholic Kabbalah?
Andrew Kuiper, freelance writer and editor, looks to the forgotten tradition of Catholic Kabbalah as a source of renewal.
Curiosity's Lure from Dante to Moby Dick
Brendan Case, Research Associate in Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion, traces the changes in how we evaluate curiosity.
Mental Illness in Light of the Theophany Icon
Joel Looper investigates what the gift of an icon has taught him about God and man.
The Interminable Conversation Versus Annihilationism
Bruce McCuskey, a Jesuit novice of the Maryland Province, puts Joseph Ratzinger in critical dialogue with Paul Griffiths.
An Eschatology of the Secular
Jordan Haddad, Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology at Notre Dame Seminary, explains the eschatological nature of the laity.
The Chief Target of the New Totalitarianism
Jessica Hooten Wilson, Associate Professor of Literature at John Brown University, introduces the struggle between the family and the soft totalitarianism.
Christ and Digital Media
Aaron Riches, Assistant Professor of theology at Benedictine College, liturgically deconstructs the acceleration of images in the digital age.
All Human Conflict Is Ultimately Theological
Adrian Vermeule, Harvard Law School Ralph S. Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law, unpacks the liturgy of sacramental liberalism.
Some Human Beings Carry Remnants of Other Humans in Their Bodies
Kristin Collier, University of Michigan Medical School Assistant Professor, delves into the philosophical and theological implication of fetomaternal microchimerism.
Jean-Louis Chrétien's Wounded Word
Timothy Troutner, ND PhD Candidate in systematic theology, celebrates the life and work of Jean-Louis Chrétien.
Looking Awry at Resurrection Bodies
D.B. Hart, theologian and New Testament translator, responds to critiques of his essay on resurrection bodies.
The Sources of Early Christian Communism
Roman Montero, independent scholar, discusses the scriptural sources of Early Christian economic practices.
The Founding Violence That Never Ends
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair of Theology, contemplates American history through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.
Long After the Prodigal Son's Return
Leonard DeLorenzo, faculty member at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, engages Abigail Favale's memoir to reimagine the period long after the Prodigal's return.
Golden Beauty Lies Sometimes
Anne Carpenter, Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Mary’s College, critiques the Baroque Catholic imagination through the history of race.
Jesus Reveals God in Hiddenness
Ben Wilson, Director of the Summer Service Learning Program at ND’s Center for Social Concerns, writes about participating in the hidden life of Jesus.
The Incarnation Doesn't End with the Resurrection
James Ware, University of Evansville Professor of Religion, takes up David Bentley Hart's thesis about matter, spirit, and the resurrection.
Deciphering the CDF on Hysterectomy and Sterilization
Taylor Patrick O'Neill, Mt Mercy University Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, compares and contrast the recent statement on hysterectomies with past statements.
The Primacy of Love in Catholic Sexual Teaching
Ulrich Lehner, ND William K. Warren Professor of Theology, recapitulates August Adam's theological achievement.
How to Echo the Faith Across Generations
Brian Pedraza, Assistant Professor of Theology at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, writes to his son about passing the faith.
Economics After Luther
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology & Philosophy, reconsiders the role Luther played in the emergence of unfettered capitalism.
Lourdes from the Perspective of a Wheelchair
Catherine Sims Kuiper, Postdoctoral Fellow at Notre Dame’s Kaneb Center, relates what it's like to visit Lourdes as a deeply ill pilgrim.
Are Real-Life Pro-Lifers Only Pro-Birth?
Claire Fyrqvist, writer and pro-life activist, questions the conventional wisdom that pro-lifers only care about the baby in the womb.
Cormac McCarthy's Polysemous Monster
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair of Theology, faces the Judge from Blood Meridian.
Values or Virtues?
Rémi Brague, Emeritus Professor of medieval and Arabic philosophy at the University of Paris I, illustrates the crucial difference between virtue and value.
A Priest for James Carroll
Joshua J. Whitfield, theologian and Pastoral Administrator, describes what the abuse scandal looks like from the inside.
The Pro-Life Movement at a Crossroads
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, urges prudence as the present political situation places the pro-life movement at a major crossroads.
The Severity of Universal Salvation
Taylor Ross, Duke PhD student of Early Christianity, scrutinizes the severe logic of universal salvation as taught by some of the Fathers.
What Makes Charles Taylor so Attractive?
Anthony Sciglitano, Seton Hall Associate Professor in Religion, gives four reasons why philosopher Charles Taylor's work is important to ecclesial life.
