Friday, April 29, 2016

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Requiescat in Pace, Ban on Giving Platforms and Honors to People Who Hold Views Contrary to Church Teaching

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In a just-published essay at National Catholic Reporter , Father Thomas Reese calls on Catholic colleges and universities to bury th...

Mr. Trump Plays the Woman Card: Recent Commentary on Issues of Gender and Misogyny in Presidential Campaign

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After his recent string of victories in the Northeast, Donald Trump has given us a taste of what's to come as he and Hillary Clinton ...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Once Again, Why Are White Evangelicals (and Working-Class White Catholics) Gung-Ho About Trump? — "A Form of Identity Politics That Has Always Tied Together Jesus, America, and Whiteness"

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The discussion about the (by now, clearly demonstrated)  fact   that Donald Trump is mopping up in the evangelical voting market cont...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

More Commentary on Tony Spence's Firing and Consequences for U.S. Catholics, Commentary on Norwegian Lutherans' Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage

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More commentary on two stories that have been discussed here recently — the firing of Catholic News Service director Tony Spence afte...

Ivone Gebara and Krzysztof Charamsa on Amoris Laetitia: "Ideological Propaganda of the 'Joy' of Love Which Is Heterosexual Only, and Which Insensitively Excludes All Others, Who Should Not Exist"

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Two more very valuable pieces of commentary about the papal exhortation on the family  Amoris Laetitia  that I'd like to recommen...

Two Resources to Recommend to You: On Unpacking Invisible Knapsacks of Male Privilege, Racial Privilege, and Heterosexual Privilege

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Two resources to share with you this morning. These are resources recommended at the conference on embracing and affirming LGBTQ diversit...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

"Just Dyin' to Punch Sump'n Different": Trae Crowder on Anti-Trans Hysteria Gripping Southern Evangelical Culture Now

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Well, it's Sunday, and why not? Why not a bit of fun (mixed with NSFW language) on Sunday?