I am no fan of traditional natural law theory even though I recognize that it is the framework for most Catholic moral theology and it has its utility I find that it tends to result in an act-centered view of sinfulness that quickly reduces the Christian faith to a moralism that misses the point

President Obama will sign an executive order today lifting the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research The decision is not a surprise and despite the demonization of Obama coming from the right it is a decision that John McCain promised to make as well Furthermore I believe that

One of the great things about working at the magazine is that you rsquo re among the first to see newly published books nbsp Let me share with you three that are currently on my nightstand and which I rsquo ve just started nbsp The first we received through the mail the second two I stumbled u

Cambridge MA In my last contribution to this blog I wrote about my lecture course God Hindu and Christian This time still the comparative theologian I would like to tell you about my seminar a course dedicated almost entirely to one Hindu text the Vedarthasamgraha ldquo The Summary of th

First the NYPost has some photos up of this morning s U2 concert at Fordham University s Rose Hill campus nbsp You can see the slideshow here nbsp I have posted some other photos nbsp on the America fan page on Facebook Other observations 1 nbsp Bono s frontman skills remain undiminis

One of the great things about blogging is being able to point people to fun inspiring and serious pieces elsewhere on the web nbsp Sadly this directly contradicts what I just learned at the LA Religious Ed Congress just a few days ago during an informative web seminar run by MyCatholicVoice com