The engagement with intersectionality by moral theologians continues the historical process by which the tradition has always learned from ways of knowing outside of itself.
Higher Education
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Even at Catholic high schools, college is not for everyone
Catholic high schools should not be limited to the college-bound. In order to serve all communities, they must also serve students who wish to avoid college debt and to go straight into the workforce.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Is archaeology academic liturgy?
Recognizing the ritual nature of scientific inquiry will allow universities to undertake that inquiry in a manner that better serves its mission.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Lessons from Notre Dame’s Father Hesburgh for a divided country
The new documentary ‘Hesburgh’ highlights stories of bridge building by the legendary university president
Posted inFaith, Last Take
It’s a complicated time to be a Notre Dame fan. But I’m still cheering (and praying).
Notre Dame is proud of its slogan: “God, Country, Notre Dame” (in that order). But the ease with which the punctuation slides into “God Country: Notre Dame” has a lot to do with football.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Books on the Bible 2018: Fresh perspectives on sacred texts
Noteworthy books on the Bible from the past year address a broad range of issues, including the relationship of religion to science and what the Bible has to say about wealth and poverty.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Infographic: The role of college campus ministries
The report examined two distinct approaches to campus ministry. Degree-educated staff tend to emphasize public service, but missionary-trained staff are more likely to focus on students’ personal relationships with God.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Dorothy Day: College Dropout
The only Americans under review for canonization to attend a public university, Day’s indiscretions and confusions, those awkward discoveries and repeated failures of youth, are our own.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Can a pro-life scholar survive in academia?
The lecture provoked no hostile reaction from the students who heard it. But a media firestorm erupted.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What—if anything—ensures a new college student will keep going to Mass?
It is in college that a young Catholic truly has to lay claim to her faith.