Clearer Catholic Thinking About Islam

Gabriel Said Reynolds, ND Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology, takes a look at Islam from a Catholic perspective ahead of Ramadan. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 4 years ago

The Most Revolutionary Philosopher Since Plato?

John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, introduces Charles Péguy’s final work on Henri Bergson. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 4 years ago

Christ Doesn’t Save Us by Words First of All, but by His Body

Emmanuel Falque, phenomenological philosopher from the Catholic University of Paris, brings the chaos of the body back into philosophy through theology. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Good Friday’s Silence Speaks

Timothy O’Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, attentively listens to the silence of Good Friday. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Pilate’s Question in a Post-Truth Context

Melanie Barrett, Mundelein Seminary Department of Moral Theology Chairperson, on Decision-Making, Conscience Formation, & Pastoral Care in a post-truth age. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Can Christianity Stop at Good Friday?

Christopher Iacovetti, graduate student in the University of Chicago Divinity School, evaluates Simone Weil’s battle against compensatory theologies. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

The Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire Isn’t a Sign

Timothy O’Malley, ND Center for Liturgy Director, reads the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral fire theologically, rather than purely culturally. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

On the Particular Grace of Palm Branches

“See the palm trees? They tell you anything’s possible. You can be anything, do anything. Start over.” So mutters Terrence Malick’s wayward young pilgrim near the start of his Lenten meditation Knight… | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

The Newest War on Women

Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, explores the hatred for the feminine in the current cultural moment. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Reading the Writing in the Dirt

Roberto De La Noval, ND PhD candidate in Theology, reads Jesus’s writing in the sand back into the Old Testament. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

A Closer Look at Medieval Lent’s Toughness

Chase Padusniak, PhD candidate in Princeton’s English Department, takes a theological look at medieval lenten and carnival practices. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Neo-Colonialism and Reproductive Health

Obianuju Ekeocha, biomedical scientist and president of Culture of Life Africa, exposes the colonizing intent of Western aid to Africa. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Faith and the Expanding Universe of Georges Lemaître

Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences, puts the achievement of Fr. Georges Lemaître in a global context. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

God Doesn’t Break Bad in the Old Testament

Gary A. Anderson, ND Hesburgh Professor of Theology, puts disturbing Divine behavior in proper biblical perspective. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

What Mary Oliver Knows About Death and Beauty

Madeline Infantine, Miami University MFA student in poetry, looks back at the contemplative legacy of Mary Oliver on World Poetry Day. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Gabriel Marcel and the Philosophy of Fatherhood

Sr. Prudence Allen, RSM, member of the International Theological Commission, on the relevance of Gabriel Marcel’s philosophy of fatherhood and the family. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Classroom Technology as the End of Education

Brett Bertucio, UW-Madison PhD student in education policy, outlines what is at stake in resisting the regime of educational technology. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

The Vast Re-Education Program of the Superbowl Ads

Brett Robinson, ND McGrath Director of Catholic Media Studies, decodes the message about the future delivered in the medium of Superbowl ads. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

History of Natural Right

John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, continues his series by surveying the history of natural right. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

The Anti-Catholicism of Heidegger’s Black Notebooks

Cyril O’Regan, ND Huisking Chair of Theology, argues that the Black Notebooks reveal more about Heidegger’s anti-Catholicism than about his anti-Semitism. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

When the State Kills

Charles C. Camosy, Life and Dignity Writing Fellow, highlights some very disconcerting facts about the death penalty in the United States. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Confessions of a Feminist Heretic

Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, reflects upon how one event in her life unmasked the illusions of autonomy. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Robots Without Families: On Identity and Organic Continuity

Fr. Ezra Sullivan, professor of Moral Theology & Bioethics at the Angelicum (Rome), details the human conditions that artificial intelligence will never meet. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago

Golden Thoughts for a New Nuclear Age – from a new biography of René Girard

Cynthia Haven, René Girard biographer, chronicles Girard’s development of ideas about human nature that are fundamental to humanity’s survival. | Continue reading


@churchlife.nd.edu | 5 years ago