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Category Archives: Moral theology
Stories, Reality, and Trans Inclusion
“The monomyth is the story that’s managed to win. The one that beat up all the other stories and sent them crying home to Mommy without their schoolbooks and lunch money.” Unpleasant realization dawned. “You’re talking about reality.” “Of course … Continue reading
Posted in Moral theology, Scripture
Tagged feminism, gender binary, identity, natural law, social justice
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Signs of the Times
“Why don’t you just say all lives matter, ma’am?”
What I wish I’d said when he asked me, and why it matters. Continue reading
Posted in Moral theology
Tagged #blacklivesmatter, #whitefolkwork, scapegoat, social justice
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Conjugal Friendship? Works for Me.
Maria Gwyn McDowell at WIT engages vigorously with Giacamo Sanfilippo’s post at Public Orthodoxy, and I agree with a great deal of what she says, particularly the non-remarkableness of a man who is a husband and father finding “ultimate satisfaction” … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Feminist theology, Moral theology, Uncategorized
Tagged marriage equality, orthodox
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But what can we do? For white people who feel helpless
It’s been a terrible week. Alton Sterling, selling CDs in front of a store with the store owner’s permission, killed by police. Philando Castile, stopped for a broken taillight, killed by police in his car with his girlfriend and her … Continue reading
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
I read this quote, and I immediately noticed: One of these things is not like the others. Just imagine if it said In this Year of Mercy, let us try to have a more compassionate love for the poor, the … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist theology, Moral theology, Uncategorized
Tagged abortion, feminism, rhetoric
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Natural Law and the Gender Bimodal
Observing the world Moral arguments based on natural law always begin by observing the world, because it is an axiom of natural law that God’s intended purposes can be discerned by careful study of the world. It is therefore clear … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist theology, Moral theology, Theological anthropology
Tagged gender roles, intersex, natural law, transgender
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On the #AMEShooting in Charleston, SC
On Wednesday, June 17, an avowed white supremacist went to a Wednesday night Bible study and prayer service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church in Charleston, South Carolina: a historic church, the oldest black church south of Baltimore. The … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Moral theology
Tagged #blacklivesmatter, Laudato Si, racism, social justice
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#RaceLetter and Other Resources for Catholics Discussing Racism
Roman Catholic Bishop Braxton of Belleville, IL wrote a pastoral letter on the racial divide in the United States for the World Day of Peace this year. In this letter, he expressed the hope that Catholics across the country would … Continue reading
Remembering The Ones Who “Fit the Description”
The description wasn’t very specific: sex, race, age range. But the wealthy elite were sufficiently disturbed that they sent law enforcement out in force, with a tacit understanding that a blind eye would be turned towards any “overly aggressive tactics” … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter: a #StayWokeAdvent Lectionary Reflection
Some people complain, “Why does it have to be black lives matter? All lives matter! It should be #AllLivesMatter.” A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for … Continue reading
Posted in Lectionary reflection, Liturgical year, Moral theology, Music
Tagged #blacklivesmatter, #staywokeadvent, advent, isaiah 40, psalm 85
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