Once Upon a Time of Violence
David Griffith, writer and educator, ponders the ties between real and on-screen violence with the help of Tarantino's latest film.
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How Chaucer (Probably) Can't Save Your Life
Terence Sweeney, Villanova doctoral candidate in Philosophy, goes on pilgrimage with Geoffrey Chaucer.
The Hazards of Online Faith-Writing
Amy Welborn, author of over two dozen books on Catholic spirituality, warns about the dangers of burnout in faith-writing.
Nuclear Peace as the Mock Version of the Gospel
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Stanford University Professor of French and Political Science, demythologizes nuclear deterrence.
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.
Our New World Without Kith or Kin
Scott Beauchamp, author of the forthcoming "Did You Kill Anyone?," breaks down the Second Demographic Transition's plague of lonely deaths.
Kindling the Desire to Find God in All Things
Anna Moreland and Grant Kaplan remember the inspired example of their teacher, Michael Buckley, SJ.
Atheism's Lessons for Theists
Terence Sweeney, Villanova doctoral candidate in Philosophy, shows how atheism can resposition belief.
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.
Toni Morrison’s Theological Grotesque
Christina Bieber Lake, Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College, highlights the thick theological resources used by Morrison in Beloved.
Officially Sanctioned Catholic Kabbalah?
Andrew Kuiper, freelance writer and editor, looks to the forgotten tradition of Catholic Kabbalah as a source of renewal.
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.
Mental Illness in Light of the Theophany Icon
Joel Looper investigates what the gift of an icon has taught him about God and man.
The Interminable Conversation Versus Annihilationism
Bruce McCuskey, a Jesuit novice of the Maryland Province, puts Joseph Ratzinger in critical dialogue with Paul Griffiths.
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.
An Eschatology of the Secular
Jordan Haddad, Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology at Notre Dame Seminary, explains the eschatological nature of the laity.
The Sources of Early Christian Communism
Roman Montero, independent scholar, discusses the scriptural sources of Early Christian economic practices.
Christ and Digital Media
Aaron Riches, Assistant Professor of theology at Benedictine College, liturgically deconstructs the acceleration of images in the digital age.