Fr. James Martin, S.J., writes “desire is a key way that God speaks to us, whether in Advent or the rest of the year.”
Theology
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Out of Africa: How a new generation of theologians is reshaping the church
How a new generation of theologians is reshaping the church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Behind Closed Doors
The diaries of Yves Congar, the single most important theologian of Vatican II.
Posted inFaith
America’s Theologian: An archive of articles by John Courtney Murray
An archive of articles by the Jesuit theologian John Courtney Murray
Posted inFaith, In All Things
St. Ignatius of Loyola: A (very) brief bio
Here was an average man without much prior interest in religious observance, assuming that he could emulate two of the greatest saints in the Christian tradition.
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Give the Sacred Heart devotion a second chance
We are missing a powerful and vivid symbol of the love of Jesus, writes Father James Martin. For the Sacred Heart is nothing less than an image of the way that Jesus loves us.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Pardon Is the Word: Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and the grace of forgiveness
Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and the grace of forgiveness.
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Mary Daly Dies at 81
Mary Daly, the self-described “radical lesbian feminist” theologian, provocateur (provocateuse?) and prolific author who, in the overly polite words of The Boston Globe, “tussled” with Boston College (over many things, but particularly over her decision not to admit men to her classrooms) has died, at the age of 81. Tussled? Her explosive efforts to bar men from her classroom at the Jesuit […]
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The silenc/ing of Roger Haight, S.J.
We need to think and write honestly, as if everything is at stake, no matter what the cost.