Admitting that I am a fan of the hugest TV hit series of the moment can get me some side-eye in Catholic circles, but it is true: I love Game of Thrones. I love the book series on which it is based, A Song of Ice and Fire, even more: a slightly more morally acceptable confession, because at least no one yells at me for watching porn. “Game of Thrones is porn” is the mantra I keep hearing from right-wing... Read more
I had tried to make them overtly religious, failing to recognize that every one of those poems had been about God already. Read more
The real heart of the problem with this anti-woman approach is not just tacky style, however. It’s bad theology. Read more
Is there a cultural trend that promotes violence for some people? Is there a cultural trend that promotes violence for men? Read more
With Wonder Woman as the hot film of the moment, it’s inevitable that we should revisit several conversations. Read more
The breast is not reducible to a sexual object. It has a function in the relation between mother and child. Read more
Why can we not see how our sinfulness mars the very soil on which we tread, the air we breathe? Read more
I thought her display disturbing, and her apology insincere. Read more
But there are some things no power, state or federal, has a right to decree. Read more
Bottom line: there is no excuse for Christians to fail to be merciful toward sexual sinners, or any kind of sinner. Read more
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