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'Tis the time to liberate, indeed!8 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 4 days ago: This is nonsense only Christians could come up with. Get this. The American Family Association (you … more →

Tags: Economy, Holidays, media, Culture of Death, capitalism, Christmas, spirituality, Fair Trade, Weirdness

Are you pro-life? Resist or subvert Thanksgiving.25 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 4 days ago: I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine … more →

Tags: america, animals, Culture of Death, Dissent, Eucharist, History, Holidays, Idolatry, Indigenous people

The Salvadoran Martyrs - November 16, 1989 - Twenty Years10 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 weeks ago: Celina Ramos Elba Julia Ramos Ignacio Ellacuria, SJ Amando Lopez, SJ Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, SJ Ignac … more →

Tags: The State, Liberation Theology, Latin America, utopia, Saints, Terrorism, Martyrdom, El Salvador, spirituality

america kills its soldiers29 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 weeks ago: As we have explored on this blog often, the american high holy days of Memorial Day and Veterans Day … more →

Tags: america, Culture of Death, human person, militarism, Peace, Politics, Pro-Life, The State, Violence

All holy men and women, pray for us!3 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 4 weeks ago: This morning I was happy to help organize a choir for the annual Artists’ Mass at Regis Colleg … more →

Tags: Faith, Liturgical Music, Liturgical year, Liturgy, MEMORIAL DAY, Music, Saints

Rock and Theology project moving forward

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 4 weeks ago: I am looking forward to this year’s annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion for a n … more →

Tags: Art, blogs, Culture, Music, Theology

Quote of the day: Fr. Ghislain Lafont on the "pathology of the truth"11 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 1 month ago: It looks like we must always struggle in the Church and elsewhere to situate the precise status of t … more →

Tags: Dialogue, Orthodoxy, Quotes, Theology, Truth

Beyond jurisdictional authority28 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 1 month ago: I’m currently knee deep in readings related to the question of the status of the “local … more →

Tags: america, bishops, Ecclesiology, Local Church, USCCB

"War has finally captured peace"3 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 1 month ago: From an email from performer, activist and candidate for mayor of NYC Rev. Billy Talen of the Church … more →

Tags: obama, Peace, Politics, Violence, War and Peace

Re-personing ethics, de-personing the corporation11 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: In his fantastic book Who Count as Persons?: Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing (Washington, D … more →

Tags: Catholic social teaching, Politics, Culture, Radical Catholicism, Pro-Life, Economy, democracy, Human Rights, Globalization

On meeting Peter Buck of R.E.M.2 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: About a week and a half ago I was able to meet one of my high school and college rock idols, Peter B … more →

Tags: blogs, Faith, Music, Social Justice, spirituality

An apology from Vox Nova and a new comment policy11 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: If you are a regular reader of Vox Nova, you no doubt have noticed some changes around here over the … more →

Tags: blogs, Dialogue, Internet, Vox Nova

Threats of violence from the right53 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: Last Saturday, a friend of mine from Dayton, Ohio described an encounter he had with the anti-Obama … more →

Tags: america, Canada, Culture of Death, democracy, Dissent, Nationalism, obama, Patriotism, Politics

Iraqi civilian killed after throwing shoe at u.s. soldiers59 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: This, from the most “well-trained” military in the world. From Democracy Now!: In other … more →

Tags: Culture of Death, Human Rights, Iraq War, middle east, militarism, Terrorism

Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of the Poor: Toward a Radical View of the Rosary28 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: I started praying the rosary at a young age, probably before I started Catholic school in kindergart … more →

Tags: Liberation Theology, Latin America, Faith, John Paul II, Pope John Paul II, Saints, Prayer, spirituality, Solidarity

"We Will Never Forget": Metz, Memory, and the Dangerous Spirituality of Post-9/11 America (Part IV - Conclusion)

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: The Church and the “Dangerous Memory” of 9/11: Narratives of Fear, Narratives of Hope The way the me … more →

Tags: War and Peace, Politics, Culture, Violence, The State, Liberation Theology, Life, Peace, Latin America

"We Will Never Forget": Metz, Memory, and the Dangerous Spirituality of Post-9/11 America (Part III)5 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: A Critique of Post-9/11 American Spirituality in Light of Metz’s Political Theology The terrorist at … more →

Tags: War and Peace, Politics, Culture, Violence, The State, Liberation Theology, Peace, Eschatology, Nationalism

"We Will Never Forget": Metz, Memory, and the Dangerous Spirituality of Post-9/11 America (Part II)1 comment

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: Metz on the Dangerous Memories of Christian Spirituality Like [Sandra] Schneiders, the German politi … more →

Tags: War and Peace, Politics, Culture, Violence, The State, Liberation Theology, Peace, Eschatology, Nationalism

"We Will Never Forget": Metz, Memory, and the Dangerous Spirituality of Post-9/11 America (Part I)8 comments

Michael J. Iafrate wrote 2 months ago: I often come back to the political theology of the German Fr. Johann Baptist Metz for helpful fundam … more →

Tags: War and Peace, Politics, Violence, The State, Liberation Theology, Peace, Latin America, Nationalism, suffering


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