Catholicism's Decisive Shift Toward Africa
Isaiah Jones considers the challenges posed by the Church's center shifting to Africa.
Articles
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.
Who Is an African Without Ancestors?
Eric T. Styles, Rector of Carroll Hall at the University of Notre Dame, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Black Panther.
Friendship and Freddie Mercury
Nathan Bradford Williams, Master of Theological Studies student at Boston College, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Bohemian Rhapsody.
Roma’s Wounding Confession
Joseph G. Kickasola reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Roma.
The Essence of African Traditional Religion
Fr. Paulinus Ikechukwu Odozor, ND Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, distills the basic features of African Traditional Religion.
An Inadvertent Critique of Scapegoating?
Renée D. Roden, Notre Dame MTS graduate and freelance writer, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee Vice.
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.
Confronting a Sinful Church
Brandon R. Peterson, University of Utah Department of Philosophy Lecturer, on the cognitive dissonance of speaking of the Church as holy.
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.
Unfulfilled Promise: The Synod on Young People
Leonard DeLorenzo, faculty member at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, compares the expectations and achievements of the Synod on Young People.
BlacKkKlansman Scopes the Archives of the American Soul
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, reviews the Oscars 2019 best picture nominee Green Book.
Justice and Rights in Europe Today
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, wraps up his series by laying out the history of natural law
The Addictions of the Catholic Samizdat
Timothy P. O’Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, looks at L'affaire Lewis and Covington Catholic through the lens of David Foster Wallace.
Is Truth and Reconciliation Possible?
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, reviews the Oscars 2019 Best Picture Nominee Green Book.
The Wayward Daughters
Haley Stewart, writer, speaker, and podcaster wrestles with the weight of sin borne by female characters in the fiction of Sigrid Undset and Evelyn Waugh.
Death and Bunnies All the Way Down?
Renée Roden, Notre Dame MTS Graduate and freelance writer, reviews Oscars 2019 Best Picture nominee The Favourite.
The Vast Re-Education Program of the Superbowl Ads
Brett Robinson, ND McGrath Director of Catholic Media Studies, decodes the message about the future delivered in the medium of Superbowl ads.
Maritain's Postwar Compromise of Natural Law
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, criticizes Jacques Maritain's contribution to the postwar human rights revolution.
Catechesis as a Way of Life
Robert B. Williams, practicing psychologist with an interest in catechesis and spiritual care, discusses invaluable developmental tasks for the family church.