From fraudulent studies to suicides and murder, with all the insane behavior of scientists lately is it time to talk about injecting some soul into our nation’s science curriculum?
At the same time as we learn of a new depth to the pedophilia crisis in the Church, we hear from a Vatican official that Pope Paul II had a regular practice of flagellation: chastising the body for the sake of the soul. What can we learn from this irony?
Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, supports health care reform bill but says party strategists used women’s reproductive health as “bargaining chip.”
A passionate call for reform from a scholar of religion and cradle Catholic. When does an institutional theology become so rotten that it needs to be taken out at the roots? It’s time for a new reformation, with justice for victims of sexual abuse.
Hasan Azad is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, with a focus on Islamic studies. He holds an M.A. in Islamic Societies and Cultures, and a B.A. in English…