Obama and the Bishops; One Catholic’s Perspective on the Contraceptives Controversy
As the public controversy over requiring Catholic institutions to hold health care plans that cover contraception has developed over the past three weeks, I have found myself more than a little uncertain about where I stand personally. Recent reports about Catholic reactions to the controversy indicate I am not alone among my coreligionists. On one [...]
US Bishops Re-Release the Catholic Voters Guide for 2012
Someone needs the thank the US Catholic Bishops for re-releasing the 2012 voters guide for the good of the Catholic faithful once again this year. But a survey of today’s headlines shows that expressions of thankfulness will likely be few and far between. Among those who will not be offering much in the way of [...]
Indian Bishops Urge Larger Families, Will the Vatican Respond?
Last week the press picked up a story about a move by an Indian Catholic bishops’ council to promote larger families. The story is both too intriguing not to generate a response and too vague to allow much in the way of an argument based on facts. Below, I will humbly attempt to construct an [...]
The Future of Catholic Teaching on Contraception, Abortion
Recently, Daniel McGuire, writing for (A)theologies, weighed in on questions in Roman Catholic moral theology concerning contraception and abortion. His article is insightful and helpful to the discussion; and he insists, despite protests to the contrary, that there is a discussion. Understanding myself as a moderate on these questions, which in contemporary discourse are usually [...]
Jacob Kohlhaas
I am a PhD student in Systematic Theology at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA); my BA is from Wartburg College (Waverly, IA), and MA is from Catholic Theological Union (Chicago, IL). A Roman Catholic who spent several years employed by Lutherans, my interests are in Ecumenism, Theological Anthropology, and Environmentalism.
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Contributing Scholars
Arielle RosenbergArielle Rosenberg is a third year rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Boston. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Arielle spent the last decade working as an organizer with migrant and indigenous communities in Honduras and Seattle, Washington.
Ela MeromEla is an ordained rabbi, a seeker of truth, fascinated with the paths to the divine in the everyday and the extraordinary. She is now in the midst of birthing a new progressive prayer group in Tel Aviv, where she lives and works.
Sai KolluruSenior, majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. Founder of a Hindu organization on campus that works to practice and preserve Sanatana Dharmic principles and values with the final goal of Seva, Selfless Service, through interfaith collaboration.