Sexual Revolution
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Derridean Echo
When I read this story on the University of Tennessee Office for Diversity and Inclusion asking students and…
Fuller Seminary Takes a Stand
Fuller Seminary decided not to offer tenure to a New Testament professor, J. R. Daniel Kirk, whose…
In Loco Politicus
There is much talk lately of an over-parenting crisis. In her book How to Raise an Adult, Julie…
Kim Davis’s Conscientious Decision
I’m sympathetic to Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who has stopped signing marriage licenses. In…
Apostate
Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion by Phil Zuckerman Oxford, 240 pages, $21.95 Atheism and religious…
The One and Only Culture War
Last month, David Brooks published a column titled “The Next Culture War.” In it, he offers public-relations…
Why Is Religious Freedom At Risk?
In recent political memory, religious liberty was a value that brought together conservatives, libertarians, and progressives. As…
Catholic Social Work and the Right to Religious Freedom
The Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision on June 26, 2015, did not simply redefine marriage. It also directly…
Renewing My Plea: Humanae Vitae after Obergefell
Some months back, I made a plea—that the Church not yield on withholding the Eucharist from divorced…
After Obergefell: Prospects, Predictions, Program
The aftershocks of Obergefell will reverberate for a very long time, but what happens over the next…
Same-Sex Marriage and Heresy
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, many people have been wondering…
How Gay Marriage Came to Ireland
Alexis de Tocqueville famously observed of revolutions that they were both inevitable and surprising, and this is…
The SCOTUS Ruling and the Integral Ecology of Laudato Si
We seem to think that we can substitute an irreplaceable and irretrievable beauty with something which we…
What Clarence Thomas Meant
In the public square, many misuse the word “dignity” by conflating its subjective and objective meanings. Some…
False Enlightenment at the Court
In Obergefell v. Hodges, Justice Kennedy has penned a decision of historic hubris and stupidity—as both Chief Justice…