Atheism's Lessons for Theists
Terence Sweeney, Villanova doctoral candidate in Philosophy, shows how atheism can resposition belief.
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Curiosity's Lure from Dante to Moby Dick
Brendan Case, Research Associate in Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion, traces the changes in how we evaluate curiosity.
The Interminable Conversation Versus Annihilationism
Bruce McCuskey, a Jesuit novice of the Maryland Province, puts Joseph Ratzinger in critical dialogue with Paul Griffiths.
The Sources of Early Christian Communism
Roman Montero, independent scholar, discusses the scriptural sources of Early Christian economic practices.
All Human Conflict Is Ultimately Theological
Adrian Vermeule, Harvard Law School Ralph S. Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law, unpacks the liturgy of sacramental liberalism.
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.
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.
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.
Economics After Luther
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology & Philosophy, reconsiders the role Luther played in the emergence of unfettered capitalism.
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.
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.
The Cry of the Earth in Pan-Amazonia
Lucas Briola, Assistant Theology Professor at Saint Vincent College, unearths striking CST developments in a pre-synod document on the Pan-Amazonian region.
Aquinas in Ecstasy
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair of Theology, encapsulates a recent ecstatic ressourcement of Aquinas's theology.
A Medieval Quasi-Defense of the New Moralism
Chase Padusniak, Princeton English PhD candidate, shows moralism's importance to the medievals and how it might be reasonably applied today.
Both Sides of the Culture War Are Partially Wrong About Islam
Daniel Philpott, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, aims for an accurate picture of religious freedom in the Muslim world.
Clearer Catholic Thinking About Islam
Gabriel Said Reynolds, ND Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology, takes a look at Islam from a Catholic perspective ahead of Ramadan.
What Does Belief in the Resurrection Look Like?
David Fagerberg, professor of liturgical studies in the ND theology department, gives you a peek at what belief in the resurrection means.
Can Christianity Stop at Good Friday?
Christopher Iacovetti, graduate student in the University of Chicago Divinity School, evaluates Simone Weil's battle against compensatory theologies.
The Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire Isn't a Sign
Timothy O’Malley, ND Center for Liturgy Director, reads the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral fire theologically, rather than purely culturally.
Remedies for American Catholic Polarization
Robert G. Christian III, Editor of Millennial Journal, proposes remedies for the recent exponential growth in Catholic polarization.
Reading the Writing in the Dirt
Roberto De La Noval, ND PhD candidate in Theology, reads Jesus's writing in the sand back into the Old Testament.
The Gospels Manifest a Poetic Christ
Columcille Dever and Matthew Vale read the poetic bedrock of Fr. Venard's reading of the Gospels and Aquinas.
God Doesn't Break Bad in the Old Testament
Gary A. Anderson, ND Hesburgh Professor of Theology, puts disturbing Divine behavior in proper biblical perspective.
Gabriel Marcel and the Discovery of Fatherhood
Sr. Prudence Allen, RSM, member of the International Theological Commission, on the relevance of Gabriel Marcel's philosophy of fatherhood and the family.
Integralism and the Logic of the Cross
Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., a monk of Stift Heiligenkreuz, addresses criticisms of the integralist position's logic.
Political Theology's Haunting of Contemporary Politics
Michael Altenburger, ND Systematic Theology PhD, shows how Peterson's work points out the limitations and strengths of Schmitt's political theology.
The Integralist Mirroring of Liberal Ideals
Timothy Troutner, ND PhD Candidate in systematic theology, finds liberalism's logic at the heart of the integralist project.
Can Schmitt's Political Theology Be Redeemed?
Michael Altenburger, Notre Dame Ph.D. in Systematic Theology, evaluates what can be saved from Carl Schmitt's political theology.