In the resurrection accounts, we are being taught that Christ is present in every celebration of the Eucharist. Christ gathers all of time into himself.
Theology
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Many Things
Reading for fun: introducing our Spring Books 2019 issue
Books for every kind of reader are featured in our Spring Books special literary issue.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The ‘literal flesh-and-blood’ resurrection is the heart of my faith
I believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the first Easter Sunday. And I do not see that as any sort of parable or metaphor.
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
The moral vision of Iris Murdoch
Rather than framing moral philosophy as just another form of epistemology (how can we know what to do?), Iris Murdoch was asking a more classical question: “How can we make ourselves morally better?” she asks. “These are the questions the philosopher should try to answer.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
How can we trust others in our fallen world?
The question of trust, of giving ourselves to something outside ourselves, is quite fundamental. It goes to the nature of who we are as human beings. One might pose the question this way: Are we clams or clovers?
Posted inFaith, News
Father Gustavo Gutierrez supports declaring St. Romero ‘doctor of the church’
One of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America said he supports an effort to declare St. Oscar Romero a doctor of the Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Do St. Ignatius’ “Rules for Thinking with the Church” call for blind orthodoxy?
The founder of the Jesuits writes, “What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.” Let’s unpack that.
Posted inBooks, Faith
Christian belief requires transformation, not facile compromise.
Our shared faith in Christ is a precious inheritance that can by no means be taken for granted but must be re-appropriated ever anew.
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
What in the hell? How Vinson Cunningham imagines the afterlife
A discussion on our first memories of hell, how it still impacts our lives and our culture, and why it might be easier to describe hell than heaven.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The dignity of human beings must not be measured in ‘usefulness’
People with Down syndrome can accomplish amazing things, but the dignity of the human person is not contingent on measurable achievements.