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July 30, 2014
Stray Thoughts About Fundamental Option Theory
Fundamental Option Theory is the idea that people take a fundamental option for or against God,...
July 29, 2014
Is Catholic Social Doctrine A Set Of Guidelines?
The generally interesting review Ethika Politika has an interview with Patrick Deneen. One of the money quotes...
July 28, 2014
Human Rights In Catholic Tradition: A Brief History
To write a historical discourse is to presuppose both an objective reality and a point...
July 27, 2014
To Jessa Duggar’s Boyfriend: Thank You!
The headline popped up on my Facebook feed: "Jessa Duggar's Christian boyfriend deletes anti-Catholic Facebook...
July 26, 2014
A Dog’s Breakfast
My friend Michael Brendan Dougherty has a piece arguing against an excessively heartless rationalism that would...
July 23, 2014
Impotence, Shame, Disgust–And Bitter Joy
"[My father] was trying to cover my three-year-old nephew with his body. They took the...
July 23, 2014
A Quick Point About Liturgy
Speaking of consequentialism, exposing me to this article arguing that Reformed Christianity provides the...
July 23, 2014
Stray Thoughts On Consequentialism
Some stray thoughts on consequentialism. Usual caveats apply: I'm thinking out loud, not making any...
July 22, 2014
Boredom, Divertissement, And Theology
Have you read that meme about how a study "showed" that people would rather receive...
July 22, 2014
Catholicism and Accountability
When will we finally clean house? The Archdiosese of St Paul and Minneapolis is...
July 21, 2014
An Apology And A Question (More On Legal Realism And Property Rights)
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig has responded to my previous post. A few points. First of all,...
July 21, 2014
The Problem With “Legal Realism”
As I write these lines, one of the most ancient Christian communities in the world...
July 21, 2014
Review: David Bentley Hart, “Atheist Delusions”
Yes, I'm late to the party. The New Atheist thing seems to be moribund...
July 17, 2014
#TrollSoHard Pastoring
"In the magnificent cathedral, the Honorable and Right Reverend, the elect favorite of the fashionable world, appears before...
July 16, 2014
Very Short And Partial Commentary On The Creed
(The Nicene, of course.) Is it possible to say the creed too much? I find...
July 15, 2014
On Bonaventure Day, A Sketch Of A Franciscan Theology Of Modernity
Today is the Feast Day of Saint Bonaventure, one of the Doctors of the...
July 15, 2014
A Quick Point About Women Bishops And The Deposit Of The Faith
Did you hear the Church of England is going to ordain women bishops? This...
July 09, 2014
Of Little Red-Headed Girls And Redistribution
In the course of this excellent Mark Shea post on opposing abortion and supporting a social safety...
July 07, 2014
An Open Letter To Rob Bell
Dear Rob Bell, I love you, man. I mean it. Not in a mellifluous way....
July 04, 2014
Is Catholicism Compatible With Strawmanning?
Here's a dispatch from the New York Daily Planet (no, that's not a real newspaper): Pope Francis,...
July 03, 2014
Chastity! Now That I’ve Got Your Attention, Let’s Talk About Sex [SYNOD]
The Patheos Catholic Channel is hosting a Symposium on the Family in light of the...
July 02, 2014
How I Changed My Mind On Communion For The Divorced And Remarried [SYNOD]
The Patheos Catholic Channel is hosting a Symposium on the Family in light of the...
July 01, 2014
Every Parish Needs This, Stat
(via; h/t @TaigOHerron)
July 01, 2014
“Easy Fellowship”
Short meditation today, inspired by the rancor of our culture wars. One of the striking...
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