Elissa
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“For it is not to be doubted that the duration of this life is but a moment; that the state of death is eternal, whatever may be its nature.”
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be a woman in theology, especially since I recently heard about the death of one of my favorite undergraduate theology professors, Fr. James Walsh, S.J. It occurred to me… Continue reading
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“Everything has got a little price”: Money as God in the Theology of the Thénardiers in the Musical Version of Les Misérables
At the end of the musical of Les Misérables, in “Beggars at the Feast,” the Thénardiers sing, “Jesus!–won’t we see you all in hell!” That made me wonder: What do the Thénardiers believe about salvation? Do they even believe in… Continue reading
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A Possibly Too Pelagian Post: Making New Year’s Resolutions
2014 is almost over and, although I’m at risk of sounding horribly Pelagian in all this, we can resolve to do what we can to make 2015 better for ourselves. Continue reading
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Modern-Day Jansenism?
Back before I joined the Women in Theology blog, a theologian-blogger friend asked me if I wanted to write something about modern-day Jansenism in the Catholic Church. I told him that I wasn’t yet comfortable making such claims. Part of… Continue reading
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Parisian Religious History: A Visit to Port-Royal
However, there are two little-known sites that I encourage anyone interested in French religious history to go see: the former convents of Port-Royal du Paris and Port-Royal des Champs. I’d like to use this blog post to explain why you… Continue reading
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A Post for Earth Day: Global Warming and Care for Creation
Since the weather turned brutal this winter, I have been thinking about debates over global warming and the idea of care for creation as a principle of Catholic social teaching. This post is obviously a bit outside my main area… Continue reading
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Work-Life Balance and Parenting Styles: Bringing Up Bébé
A few days after I wrote my last post on work-life balance in academia, a dialogue broke out between the Catholic Moral Theology blog and Women in Theology about work-life balance in the context of motherhood in academia. My post… Continue reading
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Selfishness, Selflessness, and the Work-Life Balance in Academia
One of the things that I struggle with in graduate school is finding the work-life balance that allows me to be content with the amount of work that I put in and still take time for myself that allows me… Continue reading
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History, Theology, and the Task of the Historical Theologian
What does it really mean to do historical theology? How does it relate to history? Or, how does it relate to the discipline of theology as a whole? Is the historical theologian merely an historian of theology? Or, is there… Continue reading
