Brooks and Dreher: Getting Beyond Benedict and Niebuhr

by David Cloutier | Mar 15, 2017 | Current Events | 0

David Brooks wades into the Benedict Option debate by posing a contrast between religious stances...

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Great Literature is an Indispensable Part of the Moral Life

by Beth Haile | Mar 13, 2017 | Current Events | 1

I encounter a lot of people, some highly-educated and some not who simply do not read fiction. One...

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Back to Basics: What is Christianity?

by David Cloutier | Mar 11, 2017 | Current Events | 0

In the midst of reading up on diverse reviews of Rod Dreher’s new book, The Benedict Option,...

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The Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees and Discrimination Against Muslims

by Matthew Shadle | Mar 10, 2017 | Current Events | 0

This past Monday President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily halting the issuing...

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A Day Without a Woman

by Emily Reimer-Barry | Mar 8, 2017 | Current Events, Women and Gender | 0

“Oh yeah, that will work out great,” I thought to myself. “I’ll stay home...

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2nd Sunday of Lent: The Original Call

by David Cloutier | Mar 7, 2017 | Lectionary | 0

There is a sense in which the real beginning of the Bible is Genesis 12. If we look at where the...

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Solidarity in the Midst of Bomb Threats to Jewish Community Centers, Swastikas in Campus Bathrooms, and Unprecedented Ignorance from the White House

by Emily Reimer-Barry | Mar 3, 2017 | Current Events | 0

“Number One, I’m the least anti-Semitic person you’ve ever seen in your entire life,” said the...

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Giving up giving up? Lent, Our Contemporary Wastelands, and Truth

by Jana Bennett | Mar 1, 2017 | Current Events | 0

“I don’t think I’ll be doing anything for Lent this year,” a close friend...

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First Sunday of Lent

by Beth Haile | Feb 28, 2017 | Lectionary | 0

GN 2:7-9; 3:1-7 PS 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17 ROM 5:12-19 MT 4:1-11 I have always found the prosperity...

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Lent and Revisiting the Catholic Theologians’ Statement on Racial Justice

by Tobias Winright | Feb 28, 2017 | Current Events | 0

With Ash Wednesday, Lent is upon us. This liturgical season consists of forty days, not including...

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