is not to be found in the arguments (bickering, perhaps?) of online groups in the US during election season. It is rather to be found in the fact that Westerners simply overlook violence done to Christians outside that context....
Read MoreRep. Paul Ryan recently claimed that his GOP budget proposal is consistent with Catholic social teaching. In response, more than 60 Catholic theologians, philosophers, ethicists, sisters, and priests (some of whom are regular...
Read MoreCmt.com blogger Charlie Camosy’s new book, Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization, was released this week in the U.K. and will soon be available in the U.S. If you are a fan of this blog, and share our...
Read MoreYes, I know what it is, but it is mildly amusing that the same body which has given us the New Roman Missal has now declared a “fortnight for freedom.” The bishops are certainly seeking to raise American society above a 6th...
Read MoreA New York Times article that appeared on Good Friday caught my attention because of the topic it covered and how it contrasted with the day on which it got published. If a Times editor wanted to quietly make a point with the...
Read MoreI have been toying with writing a post on Springsteen’s new album and the song “Land of Hope and Dreams,” but over at Daily Theology, Katherine Greiner, a Ph.D. student at Boston College’s School of Theology...
Read MoreActs 4:32-35 Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 1 Jn 5:1-6 Jn 20:19-31 In our first reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we have an image of the ideal church: The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that...
Read MoreIn a recent Washington Post opinion piece, former university chancellor David Levy argues that most college professors are overpaid for their work. Levy draws attention to the low number of hours (9-12) most faculty spend in...
Read MoreI have a moderate to profound hearing loss, so it probably comes as no surprise that a story like the one that appeared at NPR today, Cochlear Implants Redefine What it Means to Be Deaf, are of interest to me. Much in the...
Read MoreSo Easter has finally come, replete with lots of talk about “renewing the face of the earth.” I can think of no better place to start than with our hook-up culture. A few people in our guild have been giving this...
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