Cracks in PostmodernitySome highlights from the archive:
Confessions of a “Weird Catholic”-National Catholic Reporter, 6/5/20
Were some saints mentally ill, holy, or both?-National Catholic Reporter, 4/30/21
The Cognitive Dissonance of Rainbow Capitalism-Catholic World Report, 6/25/21
Andrea Long Chu’s Females Subverts Subversiveness-Catholic World Report, 9/16/20
Bad Bunny is a spiritual guide for our postmodern times-America Magazine, 8/25/22
Camille Paglia’s Second Wave-The American Conservative, 8/5/22
The devotional Catholicism behind Andy Warhol’s postmodern art-American Magazine, 1/7/22
Red Scare podcast and Postmodern Politics-The American Conservative, 1/29/22
Colonialism, globalism, and inculturation in Beyoncé’s Black is King-Catholic World Report, 10/6/20
Cultural Decay vs. Appropriation vs. Rosalia-The Iffy, 7/3/22
J. Cole’s “4 Your Eyez Only” Gives Hope for Change After Elections-Mere Orthodoxy, 10/21/20
Reggaeton can reveal God to us–if we’re listening carefully-America Magazine, 12/11/20
Netflix’s Sintonia and the Afrodiasporic Roots of Brazilian Funk-National Catholic Reporter, 4/16/22
The Danger of Respectable Christianity-Mere Orthodoxy, 4/5/21
The Sacramental Love Songs of Bachata’s Romeo Santos-America Magazine, 5/14/21
My grandmother was many things, but sane wasn’t one of them-Grotto Network, 5/27/21
How secular humanism is ruining drag-The Spectator World, 8/29/22
Other publications:
A Revolutionary Attraction -Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 6/30/16
Answering Questions that Matter -Church Life Journal, 9/14/16
Toward a Monastic Notion of the Common Good -Church Life Journal, 1/16/17
Rediscovering Our Roots, Moving Forward as One-Traces Online, 2/18/17
Breaking Free From Identity Politics-Ethika Politika, 5/11/17
Drop the “Savior Complex”-Aleteia, 6/5/17
Marching Toward a “New Feminism”-Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 6/12/17
The Ecumenism of Sacramentality-Ethika Politika, 6/20/17
The Body in Early Monasticism-Church Life Journal, 9/25/17
Questions in the Silence-Ethika Politika, 9/26/17
A Brief History of the Song of Songs-Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 7/12/18
Community and Experience in Education-Scala Foundation
Gold Within the Mud-Ethika Politika, 2/22/19
Piety at the Parish-Ethika Politika, 7/15/19
A New Feminism-First Things, 7/19/19
Understanding the Vatican’s Document on Gender and Education-Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 12/28/19
Pope Francis’ “Difference” Feminism in Querida Amazonia-Ethika Politika, 3/26/20
Teaching in the Midst of Crisis-Millennial Journal, 3/30/20
A Hidden Life-Ethika Politika, 5/7/20
Career Crisis in Quarantine: Facing the Millennial Drama with Christ-Millennial Journal, 5/11/20
Reading James Baldwin can help heal the wounds of racial division-America Magazine, 6/3/20
Five Years After Marriage Equality-Ethika Politika, 6/30/20
Can “Love Victor” Defy the Stereotypes of Growing up Gay?-America Magazine, 7/10/20
Artist Erin McAtee’s faith journey led to a place of encounter-National Catholic Reporter, 7/27/20
Getting Back to Our Bodies: Feminism, Ontology, and Metaphysics-Mere Orthodoxy, 7/30/20
The difficult path to understanding and ministering to trans youth-Catholic World Report, 8/7/20
What does it mean to have real peace during the Coronavirus?-Faithfully Magazine, 8/11/20
Seeing Beauty in Poverty: An Artist’s Gaze into the Human Experience-Edge of Faith Magazine, 8/11/20
James Baldwin, blindness, and Hagia Sophia-National Catholic Reporter, 9/16/20
Why We are Trying to Remember a Painful Past-Grotto Network, 10/4/20
The Sinister Agenda Behind “The Economy”: A review of We Built Reality: How Social Science Infiltrated Culture, Politics, and Power-Front Porch Republic, 10/14/20
On the history and significance of third parties in the US-Catholic World Report, 10/19/20
Looking at America’s Wounds Through James Baldwin’s Eyes-Faithfully Magazine, 11/3/20
Christ the Foolish King-Catholic World Report, 11/20/20
How a life of complaining can morph into Thanksgiving-Our Sunday Visitor, 11/23/20
Lady Bird and the Buffered Self-Mere Orthodoxy, 11/30/20
Unmasking the Patriarchal Axe that Split the Women’s Movement-Rehumanize International, 12/1/20
John of the Cross, Romeo Santos, and Awakening the Heart’s Desire-Millennial Journal, 12/14/20
J. Cole’s ‘Javari’, the Cross, and the Lynching Tree-Faithfully Magazine, 12/15/20
Best Books That I Read in 2020-Catholic World Report, 12/16/20
Keep Christ in Christmas? Try Seeking Christ in Christmas-Our Sunday Visitor, 12/18/20
A Shared Bloodline of Martyrdom-Ethika Politika, 1/4/21
Heeding Obianuju Ekeocha’s Warning About Western Elitism-Catholic World Report, 1/5/21
New speaker’s bureau highlights Catholics of color-National Catholic Reporter, 2/12/21
Entering into friendship with Pope Francis-Where Peter is, 3/27/21
“The Relevance of the Stars” explores writings of Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete-Boston Pilot, 4/2/21
The St. Benedict’s Option-America Magazine, 8/20/21
Sons and Daughters: Netflix’s Baby and the West’s Crisis of Authority-Mere Orthodoxy, 10/28/21
Roma and Guadalupe-Catholic World Report, 12/12/21
Best books of 2021-Catholic World Report, 12/16/21
Pope Francis, Pets, and the Growing Culture of Narcissism-Catholic World Report, 1/17/22
Andy Warhol, St. John Paul II, and St. Sebastian-Catholic World Report, 2/2/22
Amy Winehouse and the Spirituality of a Restless Heart-America Magazine, 2/18/22
New York Encounter explores “urge for truth”-National Catholic Reporter, 2/25/22
Sodomy, Smoking, and the inversion of vices-Catholic World Report, 3/29/22
Searching for the Solidarity after the “Great White Flight”-National Catholic Register, 8/3/22
Check out my videos:
Interview with Dominicana author, Angie Cruz-HTI Open Plaza, 7/21
Reflections of Catholic Educators-Classical Learning Test Podcast, 2/21
La Evangelizacion en los Estados Unidos-Newark Abbey, 12/20
Exemplary Educators at St. Benedict’s Prep (conversation with Fr. Leahy OSB)-Scala Foundation
Saints Who were Sinners-Crossroads Cultural Center, 3/2019
At Benedict News, Newsmagazine of St. Benedict’s Prep:
In Europe, Insight on a Mountain
Confronting Loss, at Benedict’s and Elsewhere
When Being Present Isn’t Possible
Finding God in the Silence of the City
At Communion and Liberation’s newsletter page:
Why on Earth?: Mental Health and Suicide during the Pandemic
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