Identity

There is a video of a PostSecret event - where audience members can choose to...

My late friend and mentor Ivan Kauffman once described himself as "probably the only living...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's response to the horrific mosque shootings in the city...

It's pretty well known to my friends and former classmates, as well as regular readers...

This year I've begun watching the engaging British period drama Downton Abbey, in which the...

Jesus said to Nicodemus: "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so...

Two blog posts by different authors on the same blog on the same day. Both...

The Church and the “Dangerous Memory” of 9/11: Narratives of Fear, Narratives of Hope The...

A Critique of Post-9/11 American Spirituality in Light of Metz’s Political Theology The terrorist attacks...

Metz on the Dangerous Memories of Christian Spirituality Like [Sandra] Schneiders, the German political theologian...

I often come back to the political theology of the German Fr. Johann Baptist Metz...

Philosophers and thinkers, delight! In this substantive presentation, the famed Catholic Continental philosopher Richard Kearney explores...

Call me Mexican. I am Mexican-American too, but that is redundant, since, after all, all...

It has often been said that Jimmy Carter did more good after leaving office than...

It is always good to read, whenever possible, arguments from the "other side" of where...

Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Challenges of Individualism The Person, the Other, and the...

Part 1: Introduction The Challenge of Individualism We are Catholics, but we are Americans at...

In previous consideration of the term “constitutive,” it was suggested that persuasion (writing, speaking, persona,...

I have become fascinated by the uses of persuasions, and of language in particular, to...

Morning's Minion is right to contest the rhetoric surrounding Sarah Palin's supposed representation of "normal,...

If you're looking for an insightful, entertaining, and often provocative discussion of race in America,...

This upcoming Wednesday, after nine years of being a resident alien, I will become a...

The headline was certainly arresting. "Pregnant Man Tells Oprah: It's a miracle." Yet the details...