by Bill McCormick, SJ | Jul 20, 2016 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 6 mins
Embed from Getty Images This is the first installment of two in which Bill McCormick, our resident political scientists, asks us to consider the delicate dance of faith and politics. A great deal has been made of a recent Pew survey showing high evangelical support...
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Jul 19, 2016 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
The early century, two-story, red brick house on the 5400 block of Garfield Avenue contains history and memories, red and black shag carpeting, and a very much ready-to-burst-soon-to-be-first-time-mother toddling down the stairs. It’s some ungodly hour in the morning....
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jul 17, 2016 | In the News ~ Approx. 4 mins
Media attention will be focused on Cleveland this week, as the city hosts the Republican National Convention – and those protesting the event. I sat down with Bryan Hambley, M.D., one of the founders of Stand Together Against Trump (STAT), a group organizing...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jul 12, 2016 | Blogs, In the News, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Few moments are as wonderful as when you come to know the goodness of a thing. Not your liking it, needing it, wanting it, or not. But rather, the moment you come to recognize its fundamental goodness and come to accept that its goodness is enough. When this happens...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Jul 11, 2016 | In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 7 mins
“The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” So wrote Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in his magisterial treatment, The Common Law, nearly 140 years ago. More and more, it becomes apparent that so much of our legal system...
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Jul 9, 2016 | In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 3 mins
I am a person of color. But I am not Black. I am a person of color and I believe in God. But I am not Black. I am a person of color who contributes to The Jesuit Post. I feel I should articulate and reflect upon my indignation. But I am not Black. And, what...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jul 9, 2016 | Catholic Writing, Faith & Politics, In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 8 mins
Editor’s note: This post was first published at America (TJP’s publisher). Paddy Gilger, S.J., a founding editor at TJP and currently America’s contributing editor for culture and Matt Spotts, S.J., a contributor here at TJP, found themselves asking what good...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jul 6, 2016 | In the News, Sports ~ Approx. 2 mins
Like many Americans, I often like the “idea of soccer” more than actually watching soccer.1 But this year’s Euro Cup has made me about as excited as an Icelandic commentator: So, what’s so exciting, and why should you check out the semifinals today and tomorrow and...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Jul 5, 2016 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Yeah, it would be cool to see one, I thought to myself, pulling my unshowered hair into a bun in the campsite bathroom. As I brushed my teeth I studied the warning signs posted above the hand dryer: “Be Bear Aware!”, right next to a more amusing buffalo sign, complete...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Jul 4, 2016 | Justice ~ Approx. 4 mins
Frederick Douglass gave his famous Fourth of July speech a day late, on July 5, 1852. The majesty of his oratory matched the solemnity of the occasion: It is the birthday of your National Independence, and of your political freedom. This, to you, is what the Passover...
