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  1. How to Do Moral Theology Today

    Alessandro Rovati proposes New Wine, New Wineskins as an antidote to the crisis of Catholic moral theology.

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  2. The Consumer's Regress

    Scott Beauchamp on the spiritual twists and turns of crass consumerism. 

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  3. The Unoriginal Augustine

    Jessica Hooten Wilson on René Girard, Augustine, and the great art of imitation.

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  4. Is Democracy Moral?

    Zbigniew Stawrowski argues that modern democracy is moral but unethical.

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  5. This Is Your Mind on Scriptures

    Gabriel Reynolds, Francesca Murphy, Mun'im Sirry, and Tzvi Novick on the importance of minding scripture(s). 

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  6. The Last Knight of Scholastic Philosophy

    Catherine Sims Kuiper, Collegiate Professor of Liberal Arts at Hillsdale College, praises the Baroque excesses of Suarez.

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  7. Newman: Saint and Modern Doctor of the Church?

    Erich Przywara, one of the most influential 20th c. theologians, argues that Cardinal Newman should not only be declared a saint, but a Doctor of the Church.

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  8. Are Jansenists Among Us?

    Shaun Blanchard, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Theology Assitant Professor, denies the existence of contemporary Jansenists.

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  9. The Demon of Melancholy

    Romano Guardini, Catholic priest, professor, and author, digs up the roots of depression.

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  10. Clarifying the Virtues and Limits of Nationalism

    Randall B. Smith, Scanlan Endowed Professor of Moral Theology at UST Houston, explores how the Catholic Church can understand its role among the nations. 

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  11. We're Not Mystics

    Chase Padusniak, PhD candidate in Princeton's English Department, deepens Rahner’s line on mysticism.

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  12. John Paul II's Labor on Marx

    Angela Franks, Professor of Theology at St. John's Seminary in Boston, demonstrates how the pope critiqued and developed Marx's theory of labor.

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