The Sham Practice of Christmas
Haley Stewart, writer, speaker, and podcaster looks to Josef Pieper and Charles Dickens to critique the hyper-commercialization of the Christmas season.
Articles
Hildegard of Bingen's Vital Contribution to the Concept of Woman
Abigail Favale, George Fox U. Penn Honors Program Director, surveys Sr. Allen's magisterial "The Concept of Woman" with a focus on gender complementarity.
The Virgin Mary as “Eternal Woman”
Ann Astell, ND Professor of Theology, revisits Getrud von Le Fort's theology of femininity in light of Prudence Allen's Concept of Woman.
The Unremarkable Sunday in Advent
Anne Horcher, University of Notre Dame English major and intern for the ND Center for Liturgy, analyzes John Keble's “Second Sunday in Advent.”
Dostoevsky on the Demonic Decimation of a Shareable World
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair in Theology, argues that the solipsistic characters in Dostoevsky's major novels reveal modernity's demonic loneliness.
A Revisionist Account of Natural Law and Natural Right
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, gives an alternative account of the history and meaning of natural law and natural rights.
Advent Flesh?
Paul Griffiths, theologian and author of many books, applies the arguments of his new book "Christian Flesh" to the Advent season.
Advocata Nostra and the Devil's Due
Stephen Metzger, PhD ND Medieval Institute, investigates the meaning and purpose of calling the Blessed Virgin Mary our advocate, especially during Advent.
The Advent Corrective to Locke's Lonely Liberalism
Sofia Carozza, ND senior majoring in Neuroscience & Theology, explores how research on neurodevelopment can shed light on Advent and critique liberalism.
First Sunday in Advent: The Bridegroom Comes
Timothy O'Malley, Director ND Center for Liturgy, kicks off our Advent commentary on devotional poetry series with Christina Rossetti's "Advent Sunday."
Newman's Strategic Reassembly of Secular Trends
Samuel Bellafiore, deacon and seminarian for the Diocese of Albany, dissects how Newman took a theological turn using the secularizing philosophy of his day.
Lonergan's Communal Novum Organon
Rev. John Cush, Academic Dean of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, lays out Lonergan's theological achievement and what lies ahead of it.
Charles Péguy's Difficult Hope
Anne Carpenter, Assistant Professor of Theology at Saint Mary’s College (CA), digs into the roots of Charles Péguy's art and politics.
Solovyov's Russia and the Catholic Church
Andrew Kuiper, writer and editor, recalls the great ecumenical effort of Vladimir Solovyov and its continued fruits.
Friedrich Schleiermacher: A Theological Precursor of Postmodernity?
John Knox, Liberty University Associate Professor of Sociology, considers the legacy of Friedrich Schleiermacher and its relationship to postmodernism.
Derrida, Politics, and the Little Way
Michael Altenburger, Notre Dame PhD in Systematic Theology, deconstructs Jacques Derrida's (non-)commitments to theology.
Spirits, Souls... Tunics?
David Bentley Hart, theologian and New Testament translator, goes from biblical tunics to worlds not yet discovered.
Dostoevsky's Literary Burden of Representing Saints
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair in Theology, examines The Brothers Karamazov to see how Dostoesvky overcame the problem of depicting goodness in literature.
Dignity or Victimhood?
Abigail Favale, George Fox University Director of the William Penn Honors Program, examines to what extent victimhood culture should be adopted by Christians.
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.