I’m Now at Patheos
A cross-country move, a major career change, and a baby on the way–my life has been busy. And I’m also now blogging at Patheos.
Tagged: Kyle Cupp
Pope Francis Is Telling Catholics to Doubt the Church – That’s Good!
In his first piece at The Week, Kyle Cupp explains why Pope Francis is right to encourage doubt about God and the Church.
Trouble with Teaching Authority
The church expects the faithful to assent to its teachings, but as Douthat’s speculations show, the faithful are not always clear on where this teaching authority is actually exercised.
Responding to Jimmy Carter’s Criticism of the All-Male Priesthood
If President Carter is correct that the institution of the all-male priesthood contributes to sexism and the abuse of women, then it behooves the church, if not to change its doctrine on the priesthood, at least to acknowledge this unintended effect and work diligently to counter it.
Subsidized Birth Control and Matt Walsh’s Dubious Theory of Rights
Do you have a right to a product that must be provided to you through governmental coercion?
The Failure of Just War Theory
Instead of calling just war theory a fraud, as Damon Linker does, I would call it a failure.
Richard Dawkins on the Emptiness of Theology
Does it matter if Richard Dawkins is ignorant of theology? If he’s going to write about it, then yes.
The Bath
A short story about an old man, his loneliness, and his resolve to perform a simple ritual.
Living By Faith, Dwelling In Doubt: A Conversation
Kyle Cupp and Tod Kelly discuss Kyle’s new book. Along the way, Kyle waxes on his approach to faith and doubt, along with his daughter, the Pope, abortion, Paul Ricoeur, Job, and Firefly.
God Digs Ambiguity (?)
When I look at the ways in which I believe revelation has taken place, I’m led to conclude that instilling clear certainty of meaning is not high on the Almighty’s agenda. God speaks and there is ambiguity.
Living by Faith, Dwelling in Doubt
I’m officially an author now. Today marks the release date of my book Living by Faith, Dwelling in Doubt, a reflective memoir about the uncertainty that came to rest at the heart of my...
How My Daughter Taught Me to Love Myth-Making
Today my daughter would have been four years old. Though Vivian is no longer with us, we will celebrate her birthday this evening, lighting a candle, and in its glow, dine and sing and...
Many of You Are Going to Hell
Scripture and Tradition both indicate that few are saved and many are damned. Should Christians assent to this doctrine?
Questioning Faith
Asking questions is dangerous business. I have friends and acquaintances who, after completing an inquisition into their own religious beliefs, forsook their religion, kicked the dust from their feet, and hit the road for...
Should I Desire That You All Follow My Religion?
I would hope not to court much controversy by saying that all of us should live in accordance with the truth. Call it a notion of natural law that I can get behind. That...
Anita Sarkeesian and the Damsel in Distress Trope
In early 1986 Nintendo released the action-adventure video game The Legend of Zelda, and when I, a geeky eight-year-old, first got my hands on a NES controller and, with the press of a few...
Does Opposition to Abortion Demand Certainty That the Fetus Is a Person?
I agree with Ned Resnikoff that the issue of abortion hinges on the question of personhood, but I am not sure the question of personhood as related to nascent human life has to be...
The Meaning of Human Sexuality: A Philosophical Query
I don’t suppose I’ll be courting much controversy by saying that human sexuality has historical meaning. The sexual revolution would have made no sense had sex meant nothing to anyone. It was a reaction...
Being in Uncertainty
Claire Creffield, an atheist who finds that, sometimes, “invoking the concept of God seems a very compelling way indeed of doing justice to the strangeness, the beauty and the peril of our lives,” asks...
