LEFT QUESTIONS RIGHT
(In
which the author poses questions and observations, and gratefully accepts the
same from the readers of this post.)
Little
Tent, Big Tent?
Why the
disparity from Rome, where we actively pursue disgruntled Anglicans and
Tridentine Catholics, while shedding millions of Vatican II era Catholics as so
much dandruff?
The
Politics of the Eucharist, 2012
In a
highly polarized election year, will the American hierarchy once again use the
Eucharist as a weapon to draw party lines?
Fortnight
of Hypocrisy
Bishops
cry out to protect religious liberty from government intrusions, yet many of
the basic rights insured by the Constitution are denied to Church workers,
particularly women.
The
Latin American Church Recreated in El Norte?
How is the
Church in the United States responding to the vast movement of peoples from
Latin America? Apparently by
aligning the hierarchy with the conservative establishment.
Theology
of the Pelvis
It seems
that the Gospels fail to be sufficiently judgmental about sex and gender. So it has been up to the Church to
twist, spindle, squelch and rend human sexuality into a bizarre anti-human
form. Few pornographers concentrate
as minutely on other people’s sexual activities.
Bishops
in the Bedroom
Why do
Catholics, unmarried and married, so overwhelmingly ignore the Church’s teachings
on sexuality, specifically birth control?
Boundary
and Connection in the Body of Christ
Religious
liberty in America has often meant walking away in disagreement. Where are the boundaries of sect, and
how to maintain connection with all of Christ’s Body?
A
Church in Relapse
Have you
considered that the hopeful openings breeched by Vatican II were a spell of
remission for a gravely diseased Church?
Are we now in a relapse? What can we learn from those women and men who
deal with their cancers as part of their lives?
Remnant
vs. Leftover
A
favored self-description for religious minorities, since biblical times, has
been “the faithful remnant.”
Strangely, it is frequently used self-righteously to establish a group’s
moral superiority. Can we
distinguish between a faithful remnant and an anachronistic leftover?
19
September 2012
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