An Inadvertent Critique of Scapegoating?
Renée D. Roden, Notre Dame MTS graduate and freelance writer, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Vice.
Renée D. Roden
Renée D. Roden is a Master of Theological Studies student at the University of Notre Dame and a graduate fellow of the McGrath Institute for Church Life.
Articles
Death and Bunnies All the Way Down?
Renée Roden, Notre Dame MTS Graduate and freelance writer, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee The Favourite.
The Redemption of Status and Hierarchy
Renée Roden, graduate of ND's MTS program, gets beyond the Met Gala and reflects on the exhibition "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination."The Mysterious Miriam of Nazareth
Renée Roden, ND MTS and Graduate Fellow at MICL, escapes the abstractions of mythopoesis by delving into the flesh and blood mysteries of the Virgin Mary.
Homo AvocadoPanem: An Anthropology of the Millennial Imagination
Renée D. Roden, ND MTS student and graduate fellow of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, serves up sacrifice without avocado to Millennials.
Desire Can Also Be Destructive
SPOILER ALERT: This review of 2018 Oscar Best Picture nominee "Call Me By Your Name" does indeed contain spoilers.
The Myth of Original Christianity and the Holy Sepulcher's Immovable Ladder
Renée Roden observes the strange interactions of East & West playing out in the cramped Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Christ's Story Runs Deeper: The Sanctified Imagination
In his collection of “diagnostic essays,” The Message in the Bottle, Walker Percy reflects on the particular idiosyncrasies of the modern milieu, offering a prognosis for the malaise that manifests itself in pervasive cu...Symposia Recap: Summer at the MICL
South Bend is not widely known for its beautiful weather. But summer in South Bend blesses the hardy natives, who patiently bear the brunt of the harsh winters, with a welcome respite, and impresses visitors with stunning skies straight ...Saying God Sacramentally
My God my bright abyss Into which all my longing will not go Once more I come to the edge of all I know And believing nothing believe in this: Christian Wiman begins his memoir of faith, My Bright Abyss, with the above poem. The short...A House Built on the Rock
Tucked into the eastern slope of Mount Zion is a beautiful church called St. Peter in Gallicantu (Peter at Cockcrow). It boasts beautiful, panoramic views of the city from its expansive grounds, which reveal the rolling contours of the J...A Vision of Heaven: Dorm Community as Christian Community
How good it is and how pleasant when kindred dwell as one. —Psalm 133:1 A wise priest once held up for me, as an image of spiritual maturity, the Gospel story of the Visitation. Luke narrates the story of Mary running…5 Lenten Practices that Aren't Giving Up Chocolate
With Ash Wednesday now come and gone, Catholics everywhere embark on their journey of Lenten disciplines. Lenten penitence can quickly begin to feel rote. While there is still great spiritual benefit in denying ourselves dessert or Netfl...
Thomas Becket and the Witness of Friendship
Renee Roden on the life of Thomas Becket as an icon of martyrdom.
The Irrational Season
Renée Roden on planning.
The Immaculate Conception: A Dogma of Consent
Renée Roden on freedom to love.
Sacramental Sex?
Renee Roden reviews a talk by Donna Frietas at the University of Notre Dame on the hook-up culture at Catholic universities.
Silence and Decision 2016
What does a Christian do in a election when faced with a difficult decision? Renee Roden on Rodrigues' decision in Silence as a way of forming consciences.
A Trumpian Examination of Conscience
Renee Roden uses some of Donald Trump's more salacious comments during the election season as an opportunity to examine her own conscience.
