Lectionary: 3rd Sun: Loving the Law?
While I teach students all the time that Catholic moral theology is not just about following the...
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The Existential Journey of Holiness: Pope Francis’s Gaudete et Exsultate
While reading Pope Francis’s new apostolic exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate, on the call to...
Read MoreDon’t Be Alarmed: Kaine Claims Church Church Could Change on Gay Marriage
Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine gave the recent keynote address at the national dinner for the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT advocacy group, and not only affirmed his own unwavering support for gay marriage but...
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The Bottum Line: Reenchantment
I’ve been pondering Joseph Bottum’s lengthy essay on Catholicism and same-sex marriage. Matt...
Read MoreThe Beauty of Christ and Moral Witness: Fifth Sunday in Lent
Jeremiah 3131-34 Psalm 51 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33 It is a constant struggle to write about Scripture and morality without coming across as “preachy” or moralistic; and yet at the same time there is a beautiful...
Read MoreGrisez and Human Environmental Responsibility
The following is a guest post by Jacaranda Turvey of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Chester University, United Kingdom. She is writing a thesis on the following topic (supervised by David Clough) and can be...
Read MoreThe Moral Lessons of “Project Nim”
“No, no. That’s not what that is there for.” So exclaim Nim’s teachers as the adolescent Chimp tries *ahem* pleasure himself with a cat. It’s a common expression, something we tell our kids all the...
Read MoreNews from Canada: Limits of “Religion”
Earlier this month, an Ontario Court sentenced Shahrooz Kharaghani to 10 weeks in jail. The offense: possession for the purpose of trafficking marijuana. On one level, a very pedestrian crime and sentence. However, what makes...
Read MoreThe Death Penalty, Natural Law, and the Task of Moral Theology
There is an interesting debate over at First Things between Joe Carter and David Bentley Hart on the legitimacy of the death penalty. For both Carter and Hart, the sticking point concerns how Scripture should be read and applied...
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