ETHICS: Ageism and the Fear of Death August 5, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features, Highlight An inability to see the coming glory of the kingdom of God in the body and life of those experiencing age points to a poverty in the Church’s eschatological vision.
ETHICS: Guns and the American Story July 6, 2020 Highlight, News Guns have captured the American imagination and have been part of our DNA since the founding of our country.
Economics and COVID-19 May 20, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features, Highlight The trauma of the pandemic has not erased our differences, but has instead revealed how deep-seated our differences are, and how deeply they divide us.
Ethics: The Everyday Matters April 14, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features Ethics is often thought to deal with “big questions” and dramatic choices, but in fact the most important and significant aspects of our lives are found in the everyday.
ETHICS: Homelessness March 27, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features To be homeless is not simply to be without shelter, but to be deprived of the stable foundation and dignity which is basic for living life in all its fullness.
Ethics: Aid in Dying March 17, 2020 News The root theological problem is that “aid in dying” misconceives our life as something we own. But in fact my life is not my possession. My life is a gift; I am a steward of that gift, not an owner; and I am responsible for my stewardship.
ETHICS: Christian Marriage’s Freedom in Limitation February 21, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features We can only really experience true and positive freedom within appropriate boundaries. Imagine trying to play football if there are no sidelines or end zones.
One Agnostic’s Appreciation April 11, 2019 Essays & Reviews Religion has an “emotionally therapeutic power” that “helps people, rightly or wrongly, manage their emotional lives.”
Titus Presler on an Insightful Column January 11, 2019 Clips, News Kwame Appiah, writing for The New York Times Magazine's Ethicist column, helps explain Christian mission.
Down’s Abortion Syndrome January 29, 2018 News New testing that reliably predicts Down’s syndrome could eliminate the condition through abortions of those who have it.
