What direction should Catholicism take in America today? It’s a new setting, historically speaking, and despite all efforts, we don’t seem to be dealing with it well. We live in a democratic consumer society that […]
Last month I pointed out serious problems with progressive Christianity, mostly having to do with the progressive rejection of transcendence. To fill out the discussion, it seems I ought to say something about conservative Christianity. […]
A number of Catholic commentators responded to the blasphemous parody of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies for the Olympics by denying it was what it was. Others were outraged by Catholic outrage. After […]
Is our society democratic? It is compared with many countries. Iran, for example, has elections that matter, so it is democratic to that extent. Even so, what counts here as a harsh or contemptuous response […]
“What is truth?” — Pontius Pilate “Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch as light.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Pilate and […]
What use is Twitter (now called “X” but still better known as “Twitter”)? It has millions of users, who can post whatever they want, so there’s lots of information on very different topics. Sometimes there’s […]
Some things change, some don’t, and it can be hard to know what to do about it. Wise sayings point in different directions: “[I] beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to […]
Ethnicity, class, and sex are always with us. Members of different societies develop differences in habits, attitudes, and loyalties that grow into cultural and eventually ethnic distinctions. A complex society includes activities whose demands, qualifications, […]
Traditional aspects of identity can be difficult to make sense of. Economic and technological developments put their functions in question. Who cares about inherited connections when contract, bureaucracy, and technical training seem more to the […]
The duality of male and female is basic to human life. People find it inscrutable, suggestive, frustrating, necessary, and sublime all at once. That’s why it has given rise to so much great, not-great, and […]
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