Marriage and Society: A Response to Michael Bradley, Part II
A secularized and pluralistic society can only fail.
Category: education
The Education of a Gay Catholic
She responded slowly and softly. “I am so proud of you, Chris.”
Book Recommendations for Undergrads Considering Law School
Coming to law school has made me particularly glad that I decided to major in philosophy. In many ways, I’veContinue Reading
My Early Education
I’ve come to have a lot more to say about homosexuality than a simple condemnation of “sodomy,” and so has the Church.
Newman, and the development of Catholic teaching on abortion and homosexuality
“… and old principles reappear under new forms. It [a great idea] changes with them in order to remain the same. In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” So goes the argument of Blessed John Henry Newman’s Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Like any great idea, doctrine must change in order to remain the same. Only dead doctrine cannot change, for “a power of development is a proof of life.”
A Letter to the Philosophy Department at Notre Dame
I recently completed my exit survey as a philosophy major at Notre Dame. With it, I included the following thoughtsContinue Reading
The Paradox of an Education in Philosophy
When one thinks about the constitution of an education in philosophy, one often begins by considering the curricula of philosophyContinue Reading
A Problem with Co-Education
Eventually, the two people are “in a relationship.”
Done with college, and today I’m… disappointed
The university used to be a place in which the primary focus was an “opening” of the mind to theContinue Reading
Forgotten Notre Dame
As I complete my undergraduate years, I am faced with the hard truth that one day I will be forgottenContinue Reading
Chris Damian 