The idea of American exceptionalism has been present through much of American history. But the idea is often abstracted: The character and purpose of the ...

One prominent plank of the US national creed is American exceptionalism. The roots of this imprecise but influential notion lie in John Winthrop’s portrayal of ...

This article is a critical examination of the Second Vatican Council’s teaching on doctrinal development contained in Dei Verbum 8. Through a survey of preconciliar ...

This essay reassesses the life and legacy of the Salvadoran martyr and saint Óscar Romero, focusing on his relationship to liberation theology. Drawing on his ...

This essay challenges the claim that the practice of Mass intentions is a “Germanic” distortion, foreign to the biblical and patristic tradition. It frames the ...

In recent decades, prominent Christian theologians have described Jesus as the “Torah in person.” This article considers whether such a Torah-in-person Christology falls into a ...

This article gives an account of the legacy of Pope Francis particularly in his moral teachings and pastoral practices. From the beginning of his reign, ...

Given how moral subjectivity and action are constituted within networks of interpersonal and social relations as they negotiate emerging questions and insights, this moral note ...

The state of democracy is declining worldwide, and that includes the United States, the oldest constitutional democracy. Various scholars have proposed theories regarding the growth ...

The global rise of right-wing authoritarian populism poses a challenge to the Catholic theology of conscience. For decades, the church has emphasized the connection of ...

This article uses the work of Ignacio Ellacuría to articulate a concept of sin in light of the literature on how neoliberalism shapes us into ...

This article argues that friendship is not solely an analogy for eschatological life but can be an explicit object of eschatological hope. Responding to Gary ...

This article traces the development of a tension between the missionary theology of Ad Gentes and Nostra Aetate’s incipient theology of religions through a period ...

Bernard Lonergan develops a rich theology of prayer in his article “The Mediation of Christ in Prayer.” When his theology of prayer is integrated with ...

This article proposes an ecumenical understanding of Christian tradition that valorizes the pluralism of Christian confessions as virtuous efforts to receive the gift of divine ...

Contemporary society’s political dynamics, especially the progressive-conservative divide, shape perceptions of the church and color perspectives on its future. Can ecclesiology provide a compelling alternative ...

For more than a century, canon law has been overwhelmingly understood as the purview of canonists, quite apart from the work of theologians. Insufficient understanding ...

This essay dwells on a crucially important dimension of the church’s synodal renewal: personal renewal. First, I suggest that, to bring out the notion’s full ...

Pope Francis imbued the ancient word parrhesia with new significance, framing “frank, bold, courageous speech” as a partner concept to his signature vision of a ...

This article argues that the idea of creation provided the early church with an integrative framework by which to contemplate nature. Rather than being understood ...