Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Protecting Children and Imagining the Worst
Eight years ago in our urban Catholic parish in Connecticut, a teenager I’ll call Elizabeth started a…
Faithful Catholics and Faithful Americans
For the early Christians, living in societies that were at best indifferent to Christianity and frequently hostile,…
The Bell Tolls for School Vouchers? The U.S. Senate and Religion Fraud, and A Brilliant Appointment
This week, the school-voucher referendum went down to a crushing defeat in Utah. It was a very…
Cooking the Books in Germany
A story in the New York Times explains that, in Germany, the government fixes the prices at…
Saving Lost Languages
This is a story¯a creation myth from the Tofa: In the very beginning there were no people,…
The UCC’s Ethical Suicide Parlor
On September 18, United Church of Christ minister Kristi Denham announced that a new organization of clergy…
Renewing the Church, Converting the World
I’d like to start with a proposition. Here it is: To be a Christian is to believe…
Aphorisms, Sartre, Bishops, and Prudential Judgment
The English language is so very rich, and not least when it comes to language about language.…
Expiating Our Eco-Sins?
The pope has stepped up his rhetoric in favor of it. The retired cardinal archbishop of Washington…
The Florentine Enigma
During the summer of 1502, the young Republic of Florence appeared fated to die as quickly as…
Harry Potter and the Christian Critics
A curious teapot tempest of the sort one only finds in the hothouse of Extremely Earnest Conservative…
God and Imaginary Numbers
Impossible, irrational, delusionary, absurd, untrustworthy, fictitious, imaginary: You can’t read much about religion today without encountering these…
A Respectful Word on Episcopal Competence
The word competence has several meanings, most of which congregate around ability and authority . It is…
On Relativism
At first glance, the expression “the dictatorship of relativism” sounds like a paradox, maybe even an oxymoron.…
The Last Stand of Rowan Williams
Summer is almost over, which for most of us means putting away the beach umbrella and suntan…
