Thursday, November 3rd, 7pm, St. William Catholic Church, Naples, FL I’ll be speaking on “Voting in Good Conscience: Catholic Ethics and Civic Responsibility.” The focus will be on conscience, cooperation with evil (which I’ve written about at Daily Theology), and prudential judgment, with the goal of showing how these impact our voting decisions in the 2016 … More Upcoming Talk: Voting in Good Conscience
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Banner from the Vatican news service Yesterday Pope Francis released his message for the 48th World Communications Day, “Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter.” Since 1967, most of these messages (and every one since 1996) have been dated for release on January 24th, the feast day…
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Lego Advent Calendar, halfway through Well aware of my deep love for LEGOs, this year my girlfriend gave me a LEGO Advent Calendar. Each of its 24 little cardboard doors hides a small set of pieces, which so far have formed a Christmas tree, a fireplace, a table, some presents,…
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My birthday is November 22nd, which has the distinction of being (a) the earliest date on the calendar for Thanksgiving and (b) the date President John F Kennedy was assassinated. This latter fact was brought home for me when I was 8 or 10 years old. My family was out…
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The ongoing situation in Syria is horrible. Many Catholic thinkers have weighed in on whether the US should get involved in the situation (a very good summary of this discussion so far can be found here). To do so, they have invoked (or at least referred to) the criteria of…
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**Warning: Spoilers Below!** By the time I go to bed tonight, there will only be four episodes left of one of my favorite TV shows I’ve ever watched (which is saying something – I’ve watched a lot of excellent TV). One of the few who has watched Breaking Bad since…
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Commander Riker tries out the Ktarian Mind Game I think like many good nerds, when I first saw the proposals for Google Glass, my mind immediately jumped to the great Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Game.” In this episode, Commander Riker meets a Ktarian woman while on shore…
My dissertation defense went well, so that’s an immense relief. It was actually quite a bit of fun. Most defenses I’ve been to feature one of the committee members going at a time, each for 20-30 minutes. Mine started out that way, but it quickly turned into a more conversational, free flowing process (clearly in … More Defense successful!
I have two upcoming presentations in the next week, both of which are open to the public: (1) Tomorrow, I’ll be giving the response to Bishop LaPierre’s keynote at the Pax Romana/ICMICA study session on “Prophets on the Borders: The Challenge of Evangelization Today.” My presentation is tentatively titled “Borders and Bridges: Social Communications and … More Upcoming Events
I went to the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America this past weekend, and it was excellent. The theme of the conference was “conversion,” which was pursued in widely divergent ways in the various sessions I attended. This is my third trip to the CTSA, and I would say it was one … More CTSA wrap up
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