What Does It Really Mean to Speak of the Right to Life?
Charles Camosy, Fordham Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, discusses the presuppositions of the pro-life movement in light of Church teaching and history.
August 2018
Vaporwave and Simone Weil's Void
Scott Beauchamp, writer and author of the forthcoming "Did You Kill Anyone?," introduces the vaporwave aesthetic as a compliment to Simone Weil's mysticism.
The Search for the Holy Grail of a Conservative Socialism
Elias Crim, founder of Solidarity Hall and host of the Dorothy's Place podcast, goes on a virtuous search with John Milbank and Adrian Pabst.
A Painful Look Back at Saint Augustine and the Donatist Schism
Ty Monroe, Visiting Professor at Assumption College, looks back at the Donatist Controversy to see schisms as rotting infections of a prior wound.
The Point Where the Ugliness of Our Lives Is Transfigured
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair in Theology, considers the power of the Cross’ beauty to redeem the ugliness of sin in this most personal reflection.
Whence Comes the Arresting Sorrow of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa?
John Sikorski, PhD candidate in moral theology at the University of Notre Dame, ponders the Black Madonna's mysterious history, meaning, and significance.
A Case for Change: Reform and Church Teaching
Brandon R. Peterson, University of Utah Department of Philosophy Lecturer, takes a wide historical and doctrinal look at Benedict XVI's "hermeneutic of reform."
Why Does Beauty Arouse Joy Even Among Suffering?
Junius Johnson, Honors College at Baylor University Assistant Professor, explores how our subjective experience of beauty is grounded in God's beauty.
Embrace Negativity or Risk Never Being Happy
Chase Padusniak, Princeton English Department PhD candidate, takes Byung-Chul Han as guide through the paradoxes of (not) attaining true happiness.
Augustine of Hippo: The Patron Saint of Suspicion
John C. Cavadini on St. Augustine as the humble master of the masters of suspicion.
Looking for the New Atheist Virgil
John Knox, Liberty University Associate Professor of Sociology, reviews Jerry Coyne's Faith vs. Fact and finds it to be at times an almost reliable guide.
Technology and the Mystical After Auschwitz
Balázs Mezei, Philosophy Professor at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, analyzes the troubled fate of technology and spirituality in the wake of 20th century barbarisms.
The Most Important Religious Event Since the Reformation
Samuel Bellafiore, deacon and seminarian for the Diocese of Albany, NY, on the relevance of mid-century fears and hopes surrounding the dogma of the Assumption.
The Postmodern Search for a Noble Simplicity in Church Architecture
Marcin Szymański, OP, Director of Education at St. Catherine of Siena Newman Ctr., reflects on a trip to Eastern Europe and on church architecture styles.
Observations on Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity on Its 50th Anniversary
Cyril O'Regan, ND Catherine F. Huisking Chair in Theology, considers the appeal of the Introduction and invites you to McGrath Institute's conference on it.
Confusing the Self-Emptying Love of the Cross with Political Power
Timothy O'Malley, ND Center for Liturgy Director, exposes the culture of clericalism that made the McCarrick and other Catholic sex abuse scandals possible.
The Specter of a Sweeping Rewrite of Catholic Sexual Teachings
Abigail Favale, William Penn Honors Program Director at George Fox U., on why the revision of the teaching on the death penalty won't affect sexuality.
Modern Biology's Contribution to Our Understanding of Christ's Sufferings
Jordan Haddad, CUA PhD student in Systematic Theology, ponders whether it was fitting for Christ to suffer from human diseases and illnesses.
Job and the Problem of Evil Versus the Tribunal of History
Cyril O'Regan, Catherine F. Huisking Chair in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, considers Job's example as a movement towards faith critically held.
The Unsung Russian Forerunner of the Death Penalty's Demise in Catholic Teaching
Andrew Kuiper, writer and editor, considers the likely influence of Vladimir Solovyov upon John Paul II's teachings against capital punishment.
Addressing the American Suicide Contagion
Anna Keating, author of The Catholic Catalogue & Colorado College Catholic chaplain, proposes solutions to the suicide epidemic in the United States.
Modernity's Marginalization of Philosophy Makes the Practice of Everyday Life Unintelligible
Caleb Bernacchio, PhD candidate at IESE Business School, looks to Alasdair MacIntyre to ask existential questions about asking philosophical questions.
Cultivating Benedictine Wonder
Jane Peters, writer and PhD candidate in historical theology at Marquette University, gives you a generous first-person slice of the Benedictine life.
