Political Theology Network

If you call someone to turn back to dust, you must prepare to be called upon in return.

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Strange times, indeed, when the Catholic Church releases an unprecedentedly current encyclical regarding artificial intelligence (AI), human dignity, and the continued impact of environmental destruction (Magnifica Humanitas). These issues go beyond the rallying cries of environmental destruction, the costs to communities where data centers are constructed, or even the cognitive...

Davidson's Saving Utopia narrates the decline and renews the call for utopic vision, but, if we forget the imbrication of heaven with hell—of utopia with dystopia—we will be doomed to repeat it.

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The economy of Spirit, like God’s polity, is countercultural. The way out of the trap of living within the lie that the world is defined by boundaries shaped by tyranny and obedience to it, is to tell the truth that life demands freedom and creativity, valuing relationships over material things.

Pope Leo’s call for disarmament goes so far as to claim that Catholic teaching on just war theory is outdated and needs to be replaced by dialogue and diplomacy. Could the same be said for Catholic teachings on sex and gender?