The Power of a Story to Reorient Racist Assumptions
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee Get Out.
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From Duet to Duel
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee Phantom Thread.
An Inverted Victory
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee Dunkirk.
Democracy Dies in Distortion
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee The Post.
The Exemplary Clarity of the Five Proofs of the Existence of God
David Bentley Hart, ND Institute for Advanced Study Fellow, reviews Edward Feser's recently published book "Five Proofs of the Existence of God."
René Girard's Thoughts for a New Nuclear Age
Cynthia Haven, René Girard biographer, chronicles Girard's development of ideas about human nature that are fundamental to humanity's survival.
We Have Never Been Medieval
Stephen Metzger explodes the unexamined assumptions of modernity.
Death Clarifies What We Love
Gregory Floyd, who teaches in the Core Program at Seton Hall, considers a kind of theology that is not written in words, but written in lives.
The Very Human Fears of the Saints
Colleen Halpin, Church Life Intern at the Institute for Church Life, considers how hope coexists with harrowing uncertainty in the the lives of the saints.Grace Lurking in the Midst of an All-Consuming Anger
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from the 2018 Best Picture nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
An Accidental Allegory of the Sheep and the Goats
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers from 2018 Oscars Best Picture nominee The Shape of Water.
Desire Can Also Be Destructive
SPOILER ALERT: This review of 2018 Oscar Best Picture nominee "Call Me By Your Name" does indeed contain spoilers.
Winston Churchill's Dark Night of the Soul
SPOILER ALERT: This review does indeed contain spoilers. Darkest Hour is a compelling dramatization of the life of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during the time between the resignation of his predecessor, Neville Chamberlain (which...
Our Children Might Return to the Church, but Our Grandchildren Most Likely Won't
Daniel McClain, Chaplain to the College of William & Mary, scrutinizes children at play and the failures of religious education.
Could Dialogue Between Science and Religion Be the Disease Rather Than the Cure?
J. Columcille Dever, doctoral student in the ND History of Christianity program, reviews Peter Harrison's The Territories of Science and Religion.
Where Does the Healing Power of Music Originate?
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, listens to how music, like Lent, depends upon upon attention and sacrifice to heal wounds.
MacIntyre's Philosophy of Mercy's Clandestine Work in a Secular World
Caleb Bernacchio uncovers the workings of Divine Mercy in the works of an ND philosopher.
Gravity and Grace and Lady Bird
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, gives full attention to Lady Bird's balanced portrayal of Catholic schools.
Lead Us Not into Temptation
Timothy O'Malley on the great temptations of power for those in the Church and the medicines of Lent.
The Exodus and Apocalypse All in One
Elias Crim, founder of Solidarity Hall and Host of Dorothy's Place, looks at the world of 258 million refugees through the lens of Middle-Eastern Christians.