Elissa
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The Sex Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church: What Do We Know and How Can We Continue from Here?
I have received several requests for a copy of the talk I gave in our department as an introduction to an event for undergraduates in which faculty members discussed how they responded to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic… Continue reading
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Modern-Day Jansenists… Online?
But what interests me in all this is the way that the internet has allowed us to get so involved in other people’s business and to judge what they do, which is exactly the tendency that Sr. Theresa critiques in… Continue reading
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Some Reflections on the Theology of Translation
O’Collins ultimately argues for the superiority of the 1998 translation because it was based on more linguistically-sound guidelines for translation, guidelines that allow it to be more liturgically and theologically accessible to the faithful. My own experience with translation confirms… Continue reading
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Can We Bring History and Theology Back Together?
The point that I want to make is that this lack of historical understanding of theology is ultimately the fault of the structure of theology departments across the United States. Continue reading
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Death is Your Gift: Self-Sacrifice in Averting Supernatural Apocalypses in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What I want to look at in this post is not just Christ-figures in general (though this imagery will be brought in), but what connects the self-sacrifices that these Christ-figures undertake, that is, the importance of self-sacrifice in averting an… Continue reading
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Feminism, Laïcité, Marine Le Pen, and the Hijab
There is a lot to dislike about Marine Le Pen in relation to her politics, but I reluctantly support her refusal to wear the headscarf. Continue reading
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Really Useful Christianity: A Critique of Thomas & Friends
Last weekend, both my toddler son and I were sick so we spent some time watching episodes of the British television series Thomas & Friends on Netflix. The more I watched the series, the more it bothered me. In particular,… Continue reading
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No Church Mothers: Part II
Although we do not necessarily have explicit evidence that the women in all of these cases had a theological influence on the men, I just have to name Kerr’s sin in assuming–also without evidence–that they did not: sexism. Why do… Continue reading
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Saint Augustine, Donald Trump, and the Possibility of Change
Since I just finished teaching Augustine’s Confessions in my God and the Human Experience course, I’d like to take the time to explain to those who might not be as familiar with the text why Rudy Giuliani may have chosen… Continue reading
