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“Liturgizing is a work of Christ in man”: An interview with David Fagerberg

July 2, 2021 Carl E. Olson 7

David Fagerberg is Professor in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he has been since 2003. After earning an M.A., M.Phil., and PhD. from Yale University, he taught in the […]

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Fidelity or Idolatry? The conflict behind us, the crisis among us, the choice before us

January 7, 2019 Carl E. Olson 37

“Idolatry not only refers to false pagan worship. It remains a constant temptation to faith. Idolatry consists in divinizing what is not God.” — Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2113 “For the grace of God has […]

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Domesticating the divinity

August 30, 2017 George Weigel 7

In this twenty-first century, we are no less tempted to domesticate God, and thus to sink into a shallow religious indifference or insouciance, than our […]

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Why Dr. Rebecca Luckett’s abortion essay is not the “same old same-old”

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Most ‘Yes-I’m-Catholic-but’ attempts at public conscience massaging warrant little consideration and usually no follow-up. But Dr. Luckett’s recent USA Today essay could be an exception. […]

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