The Spiritual Desert Isn't Optional
Joshua J. Whitfield, theologian and Pastoral Administrator, looks for a preaching that can resound in our desertified spiritual landscape.
Two Texan Anti-Abortion Approaches (One of Them Is Pro-Life)
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, discerns the important difference between two pro-life approaches in one state.
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.
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The Cry of the Earth in Pan-Amazonia
Lucas Briola, Assistant Theology Professor at Saint Vincent College, unearths striking CST developments in a pre-synod document on the Pan-Amazonian region.
A Medieval Quasi-Defense of the New Moralism
Chase Padusniak, Princeton English PhD candidate, shows moralism's importance to the medievals and how it might be reasonably applied today.
Laïcité and the High Stakes of Restoring Notre-Dame
Guillaume de Thieulloy, publisher and political scientist, explains why the history of French laïcité suggests much is at stake in the Cathedral's restoration.
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.
Both Sides of the Culture War Are Partially Wrong About Islam
Daniel Philpott, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, aims for an accurate picture of religious freedom in the Muslim world.
What Is Integralism Today?
Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., a monk of Stift Heiligenkreuz, provides the essential background to the renewed integralism debate among Catholics.
The Message Is the Messenger
Anne-Sophie Constant, Jean Vanier's biographer, reflects on Vanier's witness to God choosing the weak of the world to shame the strong.
Nietzsche Between Christianity and Greek Myth
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair of Theology, envisions how Nietzsche would view two Greek myths differently than Simone Weil.
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Clearer Catholic Thinking About Islam
Gabriel Said Reynolds, ND Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology, takes a look at Islam from a Catholic perspective ahead of Ramadan.
God, Country, and Joan of Arc
Ann Astell, ND Professor of Theology, explains Joan of Arc's significance in terms of God, Country, and Notre Dame.
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.
There's No Relation Between Preaching and Theology
John Cavadini, Director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, scrutinizes Augustine's sermons to make a crucial point about theology's enterprise.
The Sociology of a Superb Sermon
Christian Smith, ND William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, covers three basic things that can go a long way in improving sermons.
Liturgy and Slaughter in the Book of Revelation
Francesca Murphy, ND Professor of Systematic Theology, details the seven components for any theology formed by the Book of Revelation.
The Liturgy is the Easter Story's Proper Setting
Fr. Paulinus Ikechukwu Odozor, ND Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, follows Doubting Thomas back into the liturgical community.
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.
The "Gift" of Modernity
Cyril O'Regan, University of Notre Dame Catherine F. Huisking Chair in Theology, distinguishes the cheerers, weepers, and shadow-seers of modernity.
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.
What Does Belief in the Resurrection Look Like?
David Fagerberg, professor of liturgical studies in the ND theology department, gives you a peek at what belief in the resurrection means.
Good Friday's Silence Speaks
Timothy O’Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, attentively listens to the silence of Good Friday.
Pilate's Question in a Post-Truth Context
Melanie Barrett, Mundelein Seminary Department of Moral Theology Chairperson, on Decision-Making, Conscience Formation, & Pastoral Care in a post-truth age.
Can Christianity Stop at Good Friday?
Christopher Iacovetti, graduate student in the University of Chicago Divinity School, evaluates Simone Weil's battle against compensatory theologies.
The Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire Isn't a Sign
Timothy O’Malley, ND Center for Liturgy Director, reads the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral fire theologically, rather than purely culturally.
Remedies for American Catholic Polarization
Robert G. Christian III, Editor of Millennial Journal, proposes remedies for the recent exponential growth in Catholic polarization.
Out of Our Mortal Depths
Anne Horcher, ND English major and intern for the ND Center for Liturgy, interprets Christina Rossetti's "De Profundis" for Passiontide.
On the Particular Grace of Palm Branches
Drew Denton, Director of Faith Formation at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Atlanta, delves into Terrence Malick and the complex symbolism of Palm Sunday.
The Newest War on Women
Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, explores the hatred for the feminine in the current cultural moment.
Reading the Writing in the Dirt
Roberto De La Noval, ND PhD candidate in Theology, reads Jesus's writing in the sand back into the Old Testament.
The Clear Message of Christus Vivit
Vincent J. Reilly, Director of Faith Formation at St. Catherine Catholic Church, looks with Pope Francis at Christ crucified and risen.
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.
A Closer Look at Medieval Lent's Toughness
Chase Padusniak, PhD candidate in Princeton's English Department, takes a theological look at medieval lenten and carnival practices.
Neo-Colonialism and Reproductive Health
Obianuju Ekeocha, biomedical scientist and president of Culture of Life Africa, exposes the colonizing intent of Western aid to Africa.
Faith and the Expanding Universe of Georges Lemaître
Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences, puts the achievement of Fr. Georges Lemaître in a global context.
