Why Would Young People Want to Remain Catholic?
Leonard J. DeLorenzo, McGrath Institute for Church Life lecturer and chief organizer of the Cultures of Formation conference, examines the challenges facing Synod 2018.
2018
The Great Books Aren't Timeless, But They Can Still Teach Us
Anthony Barr, frequent contributor to Ethika Politika and the Circe Institute, looks at the Great Books from a completely different angle.
Natural Family Planning and the Myth of Catholic Contraception
Michael Wee, Education Officer of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, explains the differences between two rival versions of marriage.
How to Reclaim the Literal Interpretation of the Bible
Noelle Johnson, intern for the Science and Religion Initiative at the McGrath Institute, clears up confusions about the real meaning of the Bible's literal sense.
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.
The Cross Must Be Deeply Ugly to Be Beautiful
Nathaniel Peters, Executive Director of the Morningside Institute and lecturer at Columbia University, holds the beautiful and sublime of the cross together.
The Serious Sacrificial Body
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the University of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, refuses substitutions for the real body of Christ.
The Power of a Story to Reorient Racist Assumptions
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee Get Out.
From Duet to Duel
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee Phantom Thread.
An Inverted Victory
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee Dunkirk.
Democracy Dies in Distortion
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee The Post.
The Exemplary Clarity of the Five Proofs of the Existence of God
David Bentley Hart, ND Institute for Advanced Study Fellow, reviews Edward Feser's recently published book "Five Proofs of the Existence of God."
René Girard's Thoughts for a New Nuclear Age
Cynthia Haven, René Girard biographer, chronicles Girard's development of ideas about human nature that are fundamental to humanity's survival.
We Have Never Been Medieval
Stephen Metzger explodes the unexamined assumptions of modernity.
Death Clarifies What We Love
Gregory Floyd, who teaches in the Core Program at Seton Hall, considers a kind of theology that is not written in words, but written in lives.
The Very Human Fears of the Saints
Colleen Halpin, Church Life Intern at the Institute for Church Life, considers how hope coexists with harrowing uncertainty in the the lives of the saints.
Grace Lurking in the Midst of an All-Consuming Anger
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
An Accidental Allegory of the Sheep and the Goats
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from 2018 Oscars Best Picture nominee The Shape of Water.
Desire Can Also Be Destructive
SPOILER ALERT: This review of 2018 Oscar Best Picture nominee "Call Me By Your Name" does indeed contain spoilers.
Our Children Might Return to the Church, but Our Grandchildren Most Likely Won't
Daniel McClain, Chaplain to the College of William & Mary, scrutinizes children at play and the failures of religious education.
Could Dialogue Between Science and Religion Be the Disease Rather Than the Cure?
J. Columcille Dever, doctoral student in the ND History of Christianity program, reviews Peter Harrison's The Territories of Science and Religion.
Where Does the Healing Power of Music Originate?
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, listens to how music, like Lent, depends upon upon attention and sacrifice to heal wounds.
MacIntyre's Philosophy of Mercy's Clandestine Work in a Secular World
Caleb Bernacchio uncovers the workings of Divine Mercy in the works of an ND philosopher.
Gravity and Grace and Lady Bird
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, gives full attention to Lady Bird's balanced portrayal of Catholic schools.
Lead Us Not into Temptation
Timothy O'Malley on the great temptations of power for those in the Church and the medicines of Lent.
The Exodus and Apocalypse All in One
Elias Crim, founder of Solidarity Hall and Host of Dorothy's Place, looks at the world of 258 million refugees through the lens of Middle-Eastern Christians.
The Human Condition Is Not Pain Only
Artur Rosman, Managing Editor of Church Life Journal, touches upon the healing possibilities of the most fundamental of the fives senses.
The 2018 Best Picture Nominees and the Script of Transcendence
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy & composer of liturgical music, reviews the Oscar nominees & sees traces of transcendence.
Three Theological Reflections on Patrick Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed
Leonard J. DeLorenzo, director of Notre Dame Vision, looks at Patrick Deneen's Why Liberalism Failed through the lens of the Genesis creation story.
