The Chief Target of the New Totalitarianism
Jessica Hooten Wilson, Associate Professor of Literature at John Brown University, introduces the struggle between the family and the soft totalitarianism.
2019
An Eschatology of the Secular
Jordan Haddad, Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology at Notre Dame Seminary, explains the eschatological nature of the laity.
The Sources of Early Christian Communism
Roman Montero, independent scholar, discusses the scriptural sources of Early Christian economic practices.
Christ and Digital Media
Aaron Riches, Assistant Professor of theology at Benedictine College, liturgically deconstructs the acceleration of images in the digital age.
All Human Conflict Is Ultimately Theological
Adrian Vermeule, Harvard Law School Ralph S. Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law, unpacks the liturgy of sacramental liberalism.
Some Human Beings Carry Remnants of Other Humans in Their Bodies
Kristin Collier on the philosophical and theological implications of fetomaternal microchimerism.
Jean-Louis Chrétien's Wounded Word
Timothy Troutner, ND PhD Candidate in systematic theology, celebrates the life and work of Jean-Louis Chrétien.
Looking Awry at Resurrection Bodies
D.B. Hart, theologian and New Testament translator, responds to critiques of his essay on resurrection bodies.
Cormac McCarthy and the Founding Violence That Never Ends
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair of Theology, contemplates American history through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.
Long After the Prodigal Son's Return
Leonard DeLorenzo, faculty member at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, engages Abigail Favale's memoir to reimagine the period long after the Prodigal's return.
Golden Beauty Lies Sometimes
Anne Carpenter, Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Mary’s College, critiques the Baroque Catholic imagination through the history of race.
Jesus Reveals God in Hiddenness
Ben Wilson, Director of the Summer Service Learning Program at ND’s Center for Social Concerns, writes about participating in the hidden life of Jesus.
The Incarnation Doesn't End with the Resurrection
James Ware, University of Evansville Professor of Religion, takes up David Bentley Hart's thesis about matter, spirit, and the resurrection.
Deciphering the CDF on Hysterectomy and Sterilization
Taylor Patrick O'Neill, Mt Mercy University Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, compares and contrast the recent statement on hysterectomies with past statements.
The Primacy of Love in Catholic Sexual Teaching
Ulrich Lehner, ND William K. Warren Professor of Theology, recapitulates August Adam's theological achievement.
How to Echo the Faith Across Generations
Brian Pedraza, Assistant Professor of Theology at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, writes to his son about passing the faith.
Economics After Luther
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology & Philosophy, reconsiders the role Luther played in the emergence of unfettered capitalism.
Lourdes from the Perspective of a Wheelchair
Catherine Sims Kuiper, Postdoctoral Fellow at Notre Dame’s Kaneb Center, relates what it's like to visit Lourdes as a deeply ill pilgrim.
Are Real-Life Pro-Lifers Only Pro-Birth?
Claire Fyrqvist, writer and pro-life activist, questions the conventional wisdom that pro-lifers only care about the baby in the womb.
Cormac McCarthy's Polysemous Monster
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair of Theology, faces the Judge from Blood Meridian.
Values or Virtues?
Rémi Brague, Emeritus Professor of medieval and Arabic philosophy at the University of Paris I, illustrates the crucial difference between virtue and value.
A Priest for James Carroll
Joshua J. Whitfield, theologian and Pastoral Administrator, describes what the abuse scandal looks like from the inside.
The Pro-Life Movement at a Crossroads
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, urges prudence as the present political situation places the pro-life movement at a major crossroads.
The Severity of Universal Salvation
Taylor Ross, Duke PhD student of Early Christianity, scrutinizes the severe logic of universal salvation as taught by some of the Fathers.
What Makes Charles Taylor so Attractive?
Anthony Sciglitano, Seton Hall Associate Professor in Religion, gives four reasons why philosopher Charles Taylor's work is important to ecclesial life.
Deadwood's Violent Theological Realism
Jonathan Heaps, Marquette PhD candidate in theology, on the scandal of God's grace in Deadwood.
The Unsettling Qualities of Christ's Ascension
Andrew Kuiper, writer and editor, returns Christ's Ascension to its rightful place at the center of theology and proclamation.
Love Before Work
Colleen Halpin, Church Life Intern at the MICL, considers Maximilian Kolbe's witness of love against the message of Auschwitz's gates.
War Is Boring
Scott Beauchamp on the boredom of war and modern life.
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.
