Loaded Words
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In the beginning was the Word. Human beings, made in the image of God, share in this utterance, this Logos. Language,…
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Quintessentially Human: Language
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What is language? We are born into it, already attuned to the rhythm and syntax of our mother tongue. In our first…
"By Their Fruits..."
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When a plant grows to maturity, it bears fruit. This comes naturally. In the human situation too, bearing good fruit is…
Saying "I Do"
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What does it mean to be an adult? Some think of maturity in terms of self-possession. But what if adulthood is actually…
Entering the School of Life
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An adult is a grown up, someone who has developed to the point of maturity. He or she has “graduated from school,” so…
Adulthood: Man Fully Alive
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A troubling new trend suggests that instead of being an adult, it is sufficient “to adult” when necessary—that is, to…
The Vulnerable Body
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To be embodied is to be vulnerable. Vulnerability strikes us as negative and with reason, rooted as it is in the word…
Sex and the Mystery of Being Human
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As the late political philosopher Augusto Del Noce said, the sexual revolution was the most revolutionary because it…
Identity and Difference: The Gender Debate
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Over thirty years ago, French feminist Luce Irigaray, wrote: "Sexual difference is one of the important questions of…
The Eloquent Body
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The human body—the “thing” that accompanies us wherever we go—is central to most of the burning questions in our…