Education Should Aim at God, Not the Job Market
Daniel Drain takes education back to its roots.
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The Love of Learning and the Lay Desire for God
Margarita Mooney takes the monastic approach to learning without heading for the hills.
What's Next After Catholic Colleges Collapse?
Timothy O'Malley argues for experimentation, rather than perpetuating the status quo, in Catholic education.
Anchoring Authority
Leonardo Franichi navigates seemingly competing claims.
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.
The Idea of a Seminary?
Paul Monson, Sacred Heart Seminary Professor of Church history, asks what has the university to do with the seminary?
The Unknown Fulton Sheen: Philosopher of Education
Troy Kassien reveals a forgotten side of Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
René Girard and the Present Moment: A CLJ Lecture by Cynthia Haven
Click here for details about the inaugural Church Life Journal lecture at the University of Notre Dame.
How Chaucer (Probably) Can't Save Your Life
Terence Sweeney, Villanova doctoral candidate in Philosophy, goes on pilgrimage with Geoffrey Chaucer.
Kindling the Desire to Find God in All Things
Anna Moreland and Grant Kaplan remember the inspired example of their teacher, Michael Buckley, SJ.
A Brief Theology of the As If
Philipp W. Rosemann, Chair of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, presents a novel Ratzingerian approach to the faith.
The Ideological Death of Catholic Education
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, navigates between endless novelty and radical traditionalism.
The Dangerous Alliances Between Catholicism and Phenomenology
Edward Baring, Drew University Associate Professor of Modern European History, explains the two-way traffic between Catholicism and phenomenology.
Officially Sanctioned Catholic Kabbalah?
Andrew Kuiper, freelance writer and editor, looks to the forgotten tradition of Catholic Kabbalah as a source of renewal.
The Primacy of Love in Catholic Sexual Teaching
Ulrich Lehner, ND William K. Warren Professor of Theology, recapitulates August Adam's theological achievement.
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.
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.
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.
Faith Formation with Flannery O'Connor
Stephanie Reuter, ND MTS student of systematic theology, presents Flannery O'Connor as a catechist.
Laïcité and the High Stakes of Restoring Notre-Dame
Guillaume de Thieulloy, publisher and political scientist, explains why the history of French laïcité suggests much is at stake in the Cathedral's restoration.
The Barbarian and the Virgin Mary
Dwight Lindley, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale College, looks to the Virgin Mary for a non-abstract inclusivity.
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Educational Theory Stifles Education
Samuel D. Rocha, UBC Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education, takes a look at education theory through a messianic lens.
Church Life Journal's Best of 2018
Artur Rosman, Managing Editor of Church Life Journal, reviews our journal's most-read essays of 2018 and looks forward to 2019.
Fitting a Saddle Onto a Cow
Brooke Tranten, ND MTS history of Christianity student, observes how and why communism failed in Poland because of the Church.
Lonergan's Communal Novum Organon
Rev. John Cush, Academic Dean of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, lays out Lonergan's theological achievement and what lies ahead of it.
The Catholic Resistance to Corporatized College
Anthony Sciglitano, Associate Professor in Religion at Seton Hall, looks to Catholic universities for resistance to the corporatization of higher education.
A Theological Critique of Economic Modernity's Myths
Rick Coronado, Chair of Economics at Benedictine College, presents a theology of economics that treats the dismal science as if it really matters.
The Mocking of Christ by the Glittering Spectacles of Consumerism
Alexander Pyles, writer and philosopher, takes a look at the "Gifts Glittering and Poisoned" of Ancient Rome and how the Eucharist defeats them.
There Is No Salvation Through the University
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, on the insignificance of law school admissions and entrance into MBA programs for salvation.