Sojourns with Schall
Why football boots?
We do not see what is easily seen, not because it is not easily seen, but because we choose not to see it. […]
Articles by James V. Schall, S.J.
Sojourns with Schall
The attacks in Barcelona are part of a growing world-wide war
Islam stands as a judgment on the nations. It also stands as a judgment on thought itself. […]
Columns
These are dark days for dogma
“Man can be defined as an animal that makes dogmas. As he piles doctrine on doctrine and conclusion on conclusion in the formation of some tremendous scheme of philosophy and religion, he is, in the […]
Sojourns with Schall
On the temptation and fallacy of “on-going revelation”
“A new edition of the symbol (Creed) becomes necessary in order to set aside the errors that may arise. Consequently, to publish a new edition of the symbol belongs to that authority to which it […]
Features
Manchester, London, and the goals of Islam
“In Islam and the Qur’an there is everything. Parts that actually speak of peace are mixed with outrageous claims that run in the opposite sense, especially with regard to those who have different beliefs. Therefore, […]
Sojourns with Schall
How are we to live in this broken world?
Editor’s note: The following commencement address was given on Thursday, May 25, 2017, at The Cambridge School of Dallas. ———– “We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and […]
Sojourns with Schall
The right to “non-free” speech and the rise of one party universities
An old rhyme used to go: “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never harm me.” Today, this old rhymester had it all wrong. The only things that can really harm us […]
The Dispatch
Reflections on Pope Francis’ remarks on religion, violence at al-Azhar University
Pope Francis’s address to the Peace Meeting in Cairo’s famous Sunni Muslim Center at al-Azhar University on April 28 was relatively brief. The most striking thing in my reading was the level of abstraction that governed the […]
Sojourns with Schall
Islam and the London killings
I. In London this past week, on March 22nd, a British-born Muslim, Kalid Masood, drove a truck into pedestrians crossing the Westminster Bridge, near the historic Parliament building. Masood next jumped out of the truck, […]
Sojourns with Schall
On the first day of Spring
Exactly four years ago on the First Day of Spring, I left Washington to come here to Los Gatos in California. The day of departure, the Spring Equinox, was deliberately chosen. The days become longer; […]