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  • Examining Our Consciences In Light of Structural Sin

    This is my attempt to envision an examination of conscience that more explicitly deals with the intersection between interpersonal and structural-social sin.  NOTE: The absence of certain “traditional” sins, like masturbation, for example, is not in itself a statement about… Continue reading

  • Misunderstandings between Bishops and Theologians

    Those who have been following WIT’s commentary on the US Catholic Bishops’ Doctrine Committee’s report on Elizabeth Johnson’s book will find the National Catholic Reporter article “Bishops Ignored Own Guidelines in Johnson Critique” to be of interest. Briefly, the doctrine… Continue reading

  • The 43rd Anniversary of MLK, Jr.’s Assassination

    “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his native place.”  Luke 4:28 It is easy to forget that, at the time of his assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr. was not a beloved figure.  He was considered a… Continue reading

  • What Are We Doing In Libya?

    If your 8 year old daughter’s principal announced that she was implementing a bold new anti-bullying policy aimed at protecting her students from being victims of harassment and violence, you would probably be happy, wouldn’t you? But what if the… Continue reading

  • Elizabeth Johnson’s Response

    Elizabeth Johnson’s response to the Bishops Committee for Doctrine’s critique of Quest for the Living God: Response by Dr. Elizabeth Johnson C.S.J., March 30, 2011: It is heartening to see the Bishops Conference give such serious attention to the subject… Continue reading

  • WIT Stands with Elizabeth Johnson

    Today the USCCB website released news that the Bishop’s Doctrine Committee has found fault with Elizabeth Johnson’s book Quest for the Living God. We, the women of WIT, find the assessment of her work troubling in that it does not… Continue reading

  • Women Speak About Natural Family Planning

    If we listen to the stories of all women, not just those for whom natural family planning works in the way that the magisterium says that it does, we will see that natural family planning is not always good.  In… Continue reading

  • A Church that Does Body Counts

    According to the NYTimes, last Friday “A NATO airstrike targeting Taliban fighters Friday accidentally killed seven civilians, including three children, in the southern province of Helmand, one of the most insecure regions in the country, Afghan officials said.” Sadly, despite searching for… Continue reading

  • Some various words on the Annunciation

    Catholic feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson: “This young peasant girl discerns the voice of God in her life commissioning her to a momentous task. Exercising independent thought and action, she asks questions, takes counsel with her own soul. In a self-determining act… Continue reading