A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON THE HELP

August 24, 2011

Bloggers are well aware of the firestorm of praise and critique of the The Help.  In a glowing review of the movie as a personally transformative...

This week, my studies lead me to the theological and political writings of John Courtney Murray, S.J.  Murray is well known for his attempt to make sense of the Catholic faith in relation to the...

I came across the following comment by Roberto Goizueta, on the sacramental vision of Georges Rouault, in my research on religious symbols in the public square.  Concerning symbol and signification...

There is a feminicide in Ciudad Juárez.

Feminicide is the systematic gender-motivated murder of women.  Since 1993, more than 600 girls and women have been tortured, raped, and murdered in and around...

“And I told them, ‘Y’all is nice.  You must be Christian people.’ The jailer’s wife told me that she tried to live a Christian life.  And I told her I would like for her to read two scriptures in the...

In her monograph, La Lucha Continues: Mujerista Theology, arguably her most mature and impactful work, mujerista theologian Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz uses personal narrative to both ground and propel her...

“Pragmatism must be made to sing the blues.”[1] Eddie Glaude offers pragmatic thought and blues music as a site of reflection on black identity because “it locates identity formation in the messiness...

Describing my experience of reading and researching the works of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz works in a message to my colleagues I wrote, “My mind and heart are so full right now that I can barely sit...