Why Get Over It Isn't Enough for Victims of Clerical Sexual Abuse
Philippa Martyr on what it takes to bring true healing to victims of the sexual abuse crisis.
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To Be Befriended: A Meditation on Friendship and the Disabled
Stanley Hauerwas disarms fears of the abled about those who are disabled.
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.
Some Human Beings Carry Remnants of Other Humans in Their Bodies
Kristin Collier, University of Michigan Medical School Assistant Professor, delves into the philosophical and theological implication of fetomaternal microchimerism.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Newest War on Women
Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, explores the hatred for the feminine in the current cultural moment.
Neo-Colonialism and Reproductive Health
Obianuju Ekeocha, biomedical scientist and president of Culture of Life Africa, exposes the colonizing intent of Western aid to Africa.
Ross Douthat’s Expanding Seamless Garment
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, observes the expansion of the NYT columnist's pro-life horizons.
Can Justice Demand Prison Abolition?
Kathryn Getek Soltis, Villanova Center for Peace & Justice Education Director, reports on the growing case for prison abolition within Catholic teaching.
From Slavery to Incarceration
Katie Walker Grimes, Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University, analyzes the roots of incarceration in slavery.
The Eclipse of Sex by the Rise of Gender
Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, reconstructs the history of how collective focus shifted from sex to gender.
Prisons Are a Biblical Abomination
Vincent Lloyd, Villanova Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, argues that the biblical language of abomination applies to prisons.
Gestational Surrogacy Is Big Business
Adeline Allen, Associate Professor at Trinity Law School, zeroes in on the legal issues surrounding gestational surrogacy and its connections to abortion.
The Devastating Fallout from Prenatal Testing
Mary O’Callaghan, ND Center for Ethics & Culture Public Policy Fellow, discusses the devastating effects of prenatal testing on disabled children.
After Failing the Covington Catholic Test
Charles Camosy, Fordham Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, reconsiders his initial reactions to the Covington Catholic video and the March for Life.
Confessions of a Feminist Heretic
Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, reflects upon how one event in her life unmasked the illusions of autonomy.
When the State Kills
Charles C. Camosy, Life and Dignity Writing Fellow, highlights some very disconcerting facts about the death penalty in the United States.
The Crisis of Catholic Moral Theology
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, identifies the causes of the crisis in the discipline of Catholic moral theology.
Contributions Towards a Structural Analysis of the Catholic Abuse Crisis
Katharina Westerhorstmann, University of Bonn Senior Lecturer in Moral Theology, identifies the individual and institutional causes of the sexual abuse crisis.
Does Darwinian Evolution Petrify God's Image?
Abigail Favale, George Fox U. Wm. Penn Honors Program, hammers away at the commonplace that Darwin blocked all ways back to seeing humans as an image of God.
An Open Secret: White Privilege's Targeting of Vulnerable Populations with Abortion
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, discusses the war waged on the poor by proponents of abortion on demand.
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.
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.
Humanae Vitae After Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Charles Camosy, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Fordham, analyzes new approaches to fertility that respect and work with the body's ecology.
Humanae Vitae in Light of the War Against Female Fertility
Angela Franks, Theological Institute for the New Evangelization Professor, on Humanae Vitae's reception alongside the history of scapegoating female fertility.
The Personalist Awakening in 20th Century Catholic Moral Thought
Jay Martin, McGrath Institute Science & Religion Initiative Co-Director, sheds light on the ressourcement of the human person in recent Catholic thought.
Medieval Rites and Contemporary Dying
Elaine Stratton Hild, musicologist and NDIAS Fellow, looks at how medieval rites for the dying, especially music, can be applied to contemporary contexts.
