Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita?
Erik Eklund gives Lolita, and the metaphysics of writing, back to Nabokov.
When a Pope Writes and the Church Rebels
Richard Yoder reflects upon a not uncommon scenario.
To Be Befriended: A Meditation on Friendship and the Disabled
Stanley Hauerwas disarms fears of the abled about those who are disabled.
Transubstantiation Isn't a Disconnected Doctrine
Brett Salkeld illustrates how to overcome misunderstandings about transubstantiation.
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The Universe as It Should Be
Jason Baxter travels with the Desert Fathers, Dante, and Merton into natural contemplation.
Christianity's Contribution to the History of Ethics
Alasdair MacIntyre charts the contribution of Christianity to the history of ethics.
In the Storm: An Ordination Homily
Peter Leithart gives advice about walking on water.
The Love of Learning and the Lay Desire for God
Margarita Mooney takes the monastic approach to learning without heading for the hills.
Byung-Chul Han's Sinking Cargo Cult of Meaning
Scott Beauchamp plumbs Byung-Chul Han's new direction.
Political Theology's Haunting of Contemporary Politics
Michael Altenburger, ND Systematic Theology PhD, shows how Peterson's work points out the limitations and strengths of Schmitt's political theology.
Social Reform Isn't the Goal
Terence Sweeney reckons with Alan Jacobs's The Year of the Lord.
Tracing Ghosts in the Theological Tradition
Andrew Kuiper searches two millennia of theology for ghosts (and finds them).
The Difference Between Consuming Flesh in the Market and During the Liturgy
Matthew Tan on what happens when capitalism cuts the flesh off from transcendence.
The Scattered Alumni Who Return to Campus Posthumously
Andrea Antenan Peecher puzzles about the two cemeteries on University of Notre Dame's campus.
What's Next After Catholic Colleges Decline?
Timothy O'Malley argues for experimentation, rather than perpetuating the status quo, in Catholic education.
The Eclipse of Sex by the Rise of Gender
Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, reconstructs the history of how collective focus shifted from sex to gender.
C.S. Lewis's Mixed Bag of Tangents and Asides
Jessica Hooten Wilson defends the strange composition of Surprised by Joy.
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).
How to Bless a Child
Anna Keating on how blessings realign our world with Heaven.
Anchoring Authority
Leonardo Franichi navigates seemingly competing claims.
Petrine Primacy: Who Can Speak on Behalf of the Orthodox Church?
John Panteleimon Manoussakis, College of the Holy Cross Philosophy Professor, probes the chief problem for the Orthodox in their dialogue with Rome.
The Eucharist Commits Us to the Poor
John Cavadini on Dorothy Day's eucharistic way of life.
The Church Multiplies Tragedy
Romano Guardini, priest and theologian, on accepting the Church as she is with all her tragedies.
Overcoming Flawed Educational Views of the Human Person
Margarita Mooney, Associate Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, contrasts the methods of Freire with those of Maritain and Giussani.
A Patron Saint of Evolution?
Berta Moritz, science writer, examines Newman's relationship to Darwin's discoveries.
The Last Knight of Scholastic Philosophy
Catherine Sims Kuiper, Collegiate Professor of Liberal Arts at Hillsdale College, praises the Baroque excesses of Suarez.
Newman: Apostle of Fear and Trembling to Liberal Christianity
Cyril O'Regan, University of Notre Dame Huisking Chair in Theology, retrieves St. John Henry Newman's recovery of the fear of God.
Newman: Saint and Modern Doctor of the Church?
Erich Przywara, one of the most influential 20th c. theologians, argues that Cardinal Newman should not only be declared a saint, but a Doctor of the Church.
Przywara's Case for Newman as Saint and Doctor of the Church
Christopher M. Wojtulewicz, free research associate at KU Leuven, introduces a long lost and previously untranslated texts by Erich Przywara on Cardinal Newman.
Newman and the Dis-Asters of Modernity
Cyril O'Regan, University of Notre Dame Huisking Chair in Theology, explains John Henry Newman's contribution to the present age.
The Idea of a Seminary?
Paul Monson, Sacred Heart Seminary Professor of Church history, asks what has the university to do with the seminary?
Where Is the Fault Lodged?
Amy Welborn, author of over two dozen books on Catholic spirituality, revisits Souls and Bodies and the Sixties.
Understanding the Other Through Religious Imaginations
Kenneth L. Woodward, Newsweek's religion editor for 38 years, advocates the Catholic imagination as a starting point for understanding non-Catholics.
Are Jansenists Among Us?
Shaun Blanchard, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Theology Assitant Professor, denies the existence of contemporary Jansenists.
Jane Austen's Daily Mirrors of Marriage
Haley Stewart, writer, speaker, and podcaster looks into the mirror of Austen's novels for a realistic picture of Holy Matrimony.
Has Literature Regained Its Faith?
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, Curran Center for American Catholic Studies Associate Director, recognizes the big progress made in putting Catholic literature back on the literary map.
Hägglund’s Defense of Faust
Michael Shindler, a writer based in DC, inspects the coherence of Hagglund's secular faith
The Demon of Melancholy
Romano Guardini, Catholic priest, professor, and author, digs up the roots of depression.
