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-23 posts tagged "Christianity"
Alexa Schlaerth | Friday, December 3, 2021
Is the Catholicism we see practiced in campus spiritual life today consistent with the traditional values and practices of the Catholic Church? Or have we strayed to a new and different belief system, more suitable to the modern practitioner? Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD) is a revisionist version of what traditional Christianity practices. In Christian Smith’s
Andrew Sveda | Monday, November 22, 2021
The idea that Christianity is simply wish-fulfillment is a common line of attack among skeptics. “It just seems too good to be true,” I could imagine someone saying. “Sure, we all want purpose and meaning in this life and a reason why things happen. But it’s just wishful thinking. We’re tricking ourselves. We need to
Trevor Lwere | Monday, November 15, 2021
In Matthew 5:27-30, Jesus pronounces Himself on the question of adultery. This passage is found in the Sermon on the Mount — within the Gospel of Matthew — which is Jesus’ ethical teaching on a righteous life. Most scholars agree that the overarching theme of this passage is the identification of impediments to ultimate salvation
Kathryn Muchnick | Monday, October 4, 2021
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights hosted Dr. Jemar Tisby (ND ’02), who spoke on his recent book “How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice,” during its online lecture series “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” Friday. The lecture series is a component of the three-part “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary”
Christopher Parker | Monday, March 8, 2021
In the parade of flags and banners waving at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Dr. Damon Berry noticed with great interest that both evangelical and anti-Christian symbols were proudly on display, side by side. Berry, a professor of religious studies at St. Lawrence University, joined associate director of the Klau Center for Civil and Human
Eva Analitis | Tuesday, February 16, 2021
We all sort of knew what we were getting into when we chose to attend a Catholic school. There would be some religion. But politics, too? Who knew we’d get so much of both? However, as the nomination of one of our faculty members — Professor Amy Coney Barrett — to the Supreme Court at
Julianna McKenna | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Saint Mary’s will host the annual Christian Culture Lecture series with speaker Tara Westover on Wednesday. The Christian Culture series is an annual event at the College that brings influential figures in to speak to students. “We’re always looking for a big name in the humanities who could speak in some way to the influence
Andrew Sveda | Tuesday, September 8, 2020
In his column “The role of religion in government,” Blake Ziegler asks whether religious belief can be accepted under the constitution as justification for passing a law, a question he leans towards the negative. To truly tackle this question, however, we must also confront it on a broader, more philosophical level, asking not just “Is
Nia Sylva | Thursday, November 14, 2019
Kanye West has been born again. Anyone with even the slightest interest in mainstream culture knows this to be true. But that doesn’t make the release of his gospel-rap hybrid album, “Jesus is King,” any less noteworthy. The man once penned a song called “I Am A God.” He delivered lyrics that most Christians would
Ryan Israel | Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Three weeks ago, William Barr, the Attorney General of the United States and a prominent figure in the Trump administration, came to Notre Dame’s campus to deliver a speech at the law school. In his speech, Barr emphasized the importance of upholding Judeo-Christian values in our increasingly secular society, saying, “I think we all recognize