The 28 September issue of America has a very interesting article by Alfred McBride titled A Sturdy Framework A Defense of the Bishops New High School Catechesis Recently on this blog I tried to buck up William O Malley s splendid article raising questions about the new US Bishops document o

A lot of readers of this blog are interested in or involved with lay ministry and the Graduate School of Religion here at Fordham where I teach has sponsored two conferences in the last two years on this topic focusing in particular on diving more deeply into Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the L

The September 14-21 issue of America features one of the most frankly and therefore for a Catholic magazine refreshingly written pieces I ve read in the magazine over the last fifteen years It is by William J O Malley Faulty Guidance A New Framework for High School Catechesis Fails to Persu

Yesterday afternoon I attended a most unique retirement celebration for a professor who has been a mentor in theologically engaging culture for me and for thousands of others Dr Harvey Cox Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School retired in his own style with an event that featu

The biennial conference for the International Academy of Practical Theology IAPT began today in Chicago Illinois hosted at the Catholic Theological Union The IAPT is a collection of scholars from around the world who specialize in the theological study of practice whether social cultural or ec

In traveling around the United States fairly intensively for the past dozen years and participating in events for Catholic churches dioceses colleges or universities I have been surprised at and interested in the responses generated if I mention that I did think about being a priest or a religiou

Many America magazine and blog readers may remember the controversy surrounding Irish rock pop singer Sinead O Connor following her 1992 performance on Saturday Night Live This was a matter of great interest to many Catholics I have put up a post inviting a reconsideration of O Connor over at Roc

On Friday night my wife and I went to see the new and enthusiastically reviewed quot Hair quot on Broadway Though I was born in 1969 and had regular exposure to quot Jesus Christ Superstar quot and quot Godspell quot in the 1970s I had never heard nor seen all of quot Hair quot My wif

Understanding the general fact of many of us in rock cultures having found secular music to offer practices that resist the smallness of our surroundings -- a finding not yet sufficiently glimpsed in another discipline theology tasked with thinking salvific resistance -- can hardly give the richne

I have tried to suggest that lots of music reviews are humid with theological atmospherics Now comes this review in today s New York Times by Ben Brantley of a new production here in NYC starring Sherie Rene Scott at the Second Stage Theater It is titled Everyday Rapture Brantley reports on S