Elissa
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A Working Mother’s Pandemic Spirituality
There have been a multitude of articles that talk about the mental health issues that are facing working mothers during the pandemic and it seems that this lack of solitude as a space to develop one’s spiritual life is part… Continue reading
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The Pure Love of God in the Modern World
I read that quote and just felt sad about how far we’ve gone into accepting self-centeredness as the norm. In Lennon’s book, he points out, in contrast, how widespread the assumption was in seventeenth-century France that lack of self-interest should… Continue reading
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Learning from History: What Can We Do Without the Eucharist?
One of the historical examples that we can look to during this time is the community around the nuns at Port-Royal in seventeenth-century France. Continue reading
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Biblical Inspiration: Reading the Gospel of Matthew During Lent
We can talk about theological ideas, the development of doctrine, and the idea of God as unchanging, but the point is that in spite of all the theoretical aspects of the discussion, it is always human persons writing theological texts.… Continue reading
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Where Was Philosophia at the AAR Annual Meeting?
One of the things that I really appreciated about the sessions that I chose to attend at the AAR was the prevalence of women’s voices, but I was equally disturbed to hear about the shutting down of women’s voices occurring… Continue reading
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Teaching Benedict XVI’s Caritas in Veritate
However, what I noticed—as I noted at the beginning of this post—is that in relation to this text, I need to ensure that the students keep the Catholic understanding of the human person in mind because that is the foundation… Continue reading
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Why I Write for WIT: The Gender Disparity of Historical Theology
It is this space for women to develop, discuss, and share their ideas that I find so important in WIT. Continue reading
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Catholic Theology and the Mental Load of Women
On Monday morning of this week, two things occurred that made me reflect on the concept of the mental load of women, especially mothers. First, I got into a discussion on Twitter about gendered roles in parenting with Timothy O’Malley… Continue reading
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Memoirs, Divine Providence, and Historical Theology
This past winter break I read a couple memoirs of scholars of religion and theology and I’m very struck by the similarities between them, despite working in vastly different areas and different approaches to the study of religion. Additionally, I’m… Continue reading
