Analysis and Comment
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Theological literacy – more than a digital download
Christian theology means trained reflection on faith and practice, not memorized facts, and that skill belongs to more than clergy alone.
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The Smartphone has remade the papacy
Technology is transforming the papacy from a distant office into the Vatican in my top pocket.
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We cannot avoid theology as disciples
Rather than mining history for precedent, a case is made for asking what serves the kingdom of God going forward.
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When does disagreement become scapegoating?
When Australian One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson delivered her first National Press Club address on 17 June, she was careful to insist that her quarrel was with ideas, not people. “I am not opposed to transgender people,” she said. “I am simply saying that a transgender woman should not be allowed into woman’s sport or…
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Theology as a resource in Christian discipleship
Theological literacy is a tool every disciple needs to navigate faith, doubt and daily life. It makes everyday life easier and richer.
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JD Vance’s conversion: politics and Catholicism don’t mix
Baptized in 2019, Vance frames his Catholic conversion around Bonhoeffer’s “cheap grace” concept while his politics tell another story.
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Should Gay men be priests?
A new church-life study reopens whether gay men with same-sex attraction can enter seminaries and become priests.
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Gen Z Mormon women leaving way faster than expected
New survey data shows Gen Z women raised Mormon are staying at far lower rates than any prior generation, driven by politics, purity culture and power.
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Reconciliation without truth is enforced forgetting
Real reconciliation requires truth-telling, repentance and accountability, not pressure on victims to move on quickly.
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Faith is back in Democratic politics
After decades of watching Democrats dodge the God question, perhaps, finally, they may have an answer.
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