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Further Reflections on Thomas More Conference

Posted on November 09, 2008
At dinner last night, Fr. Koterski linked the study of the past with important questions facing us today. As the right of conscience is being challenged, especially in the medical profession, More can serve as inspiration and guide. Thomas More...

Reflections on Thomas More Conference

Posted on November 09, 2008
Nearly 200 people gathered at the University of Dallas this past weekend for the annual Thomas More Conference. The theme this year was ?Thomas More on Trial: Law and Conscience in More?s Last Letters and Trial Accounts. Many noted More...

New Pastoral Letter on Immigration

Posted on November 09, 2008
Little Rock's new bishop, Anthony Taylor issued his first pastoral letter last week. For those interested in immigration, "I was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me..." A Pastoral Letter on the Human Rights of Immigrants is an important read.

Election Reflections

Posted on November 09, 2008
[Peter Steinfels, a former editor of Commonweal, had some interesting, informative reflections in his column yesterday (NYT, 11/8/08), titled Catholics and Choice (in the Voting Booth).] Anyone constructing a list of the big losers on Tuesday would probably include the...

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The Catholic Church Attendance Gap

Posted on November 08, 2008
In the 2008 Presidential election, a Catholic church attendance gap (the gap was much larger among Protestants) was evident. Among those Catholics who do not attend mass weekly, Obama prevailed by a 58% to 40% margin. But those who attended...

Reflections on the post of Patrick and Michael

Posted on November 07, 2008
I take it as a given that the votes of Catholic voters can be accounted for by social and economic factors unrelated to their religion (I do not know this is true; but I will assume it). This does not...

NYT: Catholics and Muslims Pledge to Improve Links

Posted on November 07, 2008
Good news, not only re the event, but also (for the most part) the overarching tone of the NYT coverage. "Catholic and Muslim leaders worked on Thursday to deflate suspicion between their two faiths, pledging at a high-level seminar here...

Catechesis: response to Patrick, Michael M. and Steve

Posted on November 07, 2008
Patrick and Michael M., I?d agree that catechesis, and specifically the work of helping Catholics ?translate? what CST means for political and social structures is indeed a challenge of the first order. Steve S., based on my own work in...

The Importance of Good Catechesis

Posted on November 06, 2008
I would like to follow Patrick?s post from earlier today to discuss the importance of good catechesis and its eventual impact on the law. Patrick tackled the problem from the perspective of a lack of catechesis; in doing so, he...

For whom the question matters in the first place

Posted on November 06, 2008
Michael Moreland and I would suggest that our friend Amy's response (here) is question-begging. She assumes there is some cohort of "politically homeless" Catholics who would like to enact the principles of CST into politics but don't have an easy...

Catholic Voting: Correct

Posted on November 06, 2008
In my earlier posting, I cited the exit polls suggesting that, while Senator McCain prevailed among faithful Catholics who attend weekly Mass, Senator Obama won the overall Catholic vote. Other recent posts have also adverted to the reported result that...

Invisible or Politically Homeless?

Posted on November 06, 2008
Responding to Patrick's post on the disappearance of the Catholic vote, I wonder if the question could be framed like this: in a two party system, where is the space for Catholic "visibility" when an analysis of both parties from...

Voters voting in the tradition of Catholic Social Doctrine and Moral/Political Theology and Philosophy? The clear consequences of lack of catechesis

Posted on November 06, 2008
My colleague Michael Moreland and I note Michael Perry's sharing (here) to a NY Times blog post indicating that, based on exit poll data, Senator Obama carried the Catholic vote 54-45 (in 2004, President Bush carried Catholics 52-47). But those...

Race in the United States

Posted on November 05, 2008
One hundred years ago, an African-American man could not be invited to the White House without inciting near riots. Fifty years ago an African-American could not sit at the same lunch counter or drink at the same water fountain as...

Catholic Voters and Obama

Posted on November 05, 2008
From the NYTimes online blog, The Caucus: November 5, 2008, 11:41 am Catholics Turned to the Democrat By Michael Luo Much was made in 2004 of the so-called ?God gap? between Republicans and Democrats, becoming part of the conventional wisdom...

David Skeel on Obama's Election

Posted on November 05, 2008
Skeel (Penn Law), as many MOJ readers know, is co-blogger with fellow evangelical William Stuntz (Harvard Law), at Less than the Least. Obama's Victory--Skeel A little over a month ago, just as it was becoming clear that Barack Obama would...

Hiring conference reception

Posted on November 05, 2008
If any MoJ readers will be participating in the AALS hiring conference in Washington, D.C. this week, please stop by and say "hi" at the reception sponsored by the religiously affiliated law schools. It runs tomorrow night from 7:30 until...

"Odyssey Catholics"

Posted on November 05, 2008
One of my Catholic Social Thought students sent me a link to this piece, "Odyssey Catholics", which appeared in the National Catholic Reporter about a year ago. It profiles several young, "Millennial" Catholics (including Notre Dame graduates) who are wrestling...

Barack Obama: Congratulations and the Continuing Work for Human Life

Posted on November 05, 2008
Barack Obama has won an historic victory. Although the size of his victory may be overplayed in the media, the nature of the victory, the character of the winner, and what it means for democracy cannot be overstated and commands...

At least we haven't stooped to calling each other ducks!

Posted on November 04, 2008
As vicious and bitter as the charges in this political season have gotten, we have not, it seems, reached the level of political rhetoric in Poland, where the judiciary had to intervene to settle the dispute over whether it was...

Vatican Hosts Catholic-Muslim Talks

Posted on November 04, 2008

The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture's 9th Annual Fall Conference

Posted on November 04, 2008
I'll be in Dallas November 7-8 for the Thomas More Conference, but I wish I could bi-locate so that I could attend one of my favorite conferences, The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture's Annual Fall Conference to be...

Bishop Finn and a more nuanced analysis for Rob

Posted on November 04, 2008
Rob's main objection to Bishop's Finn's analysis seems to be that the bishop says that an Obama voter "participates" in the evil of abortion. Rob points out correctly that such a voter may in no way intend abortion; he or...

Another response to Doug K. and friends, and a note to Steve S. as well

Posted on November 03, 2008
Ryan Anderson and Sherif Girgis have a thoughtful analysis of Doug Kmiec's arguments for Obama here http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/viewarticle.php?selectedarticle=2008.11.03_Anderson_Ryan%20T._The%20Pro-Life%20Case%20Against%20Barack%20Obama%20.%20...

Taking a Breath

Posted on November 03, 2008
A couple of weeks ago I was in the middle of an email exchange with a friend, and our discussion of campaign issues was becoming pretty heated. Before pressing the ?send? button, something (Someone?) inside suggested that I take a...

A Further Response to Cafardi, Kaveny and Kmiec (Part 3) ?The Empty Hope of Transcending the Culture Wars

Posted on November 03, 2008
As noted in my prior post, there are many parallels between the fight to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and the fight to overturn Roe v. Wade. Like Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall and the other lawyers who battled racial segregation,...

Bishop Finn on the Catholic Obama Voter

Posted on November 03, 2008
On my drive home tonight I was listening to Hugh Hewitt interview Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City. Bishop Finn seems to be saying that a faithful Catholic cannot vote for Barack Obama. An excerpt:HH: I?m talking with Bishop Robert...

Inherent and Equal Dignity: A Reader Responds to Steve S.

Posted on November 02, 2008
A reader writes: Steve Shiffrin's recent post responding to John Breen and Michael Scaperlanda is coarse, uncomprehending, and creepy. He castigates those who use the "shrill rhetoric" of calling abortion murder. Yet he engages in the shrill, ideologically partisan, and...

A Response to Steve S.

Posted on November 02, 2008
Steve S. says that John and I "do not respond to the point that killing a human being with a brain and a central nervous system is more serious than killing a human organism that could develop biologically." I would...

We Interrupt this Broadcast...

Posted on November 01, 2008
...to say, Blessings to all on this solemnity of All Saints Day. For me this is a day to contemplate the saints in my life - canonized and not, living and dead. And it is a day to give thanks...

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