Sexual Revolution

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Kissing Purity Culture Goodbye

Abigail Rine Favale

Last week, twenty-one years after its initial publication, Joshua Harris officially denounced and discontinued publication of his…

Bringing Sex Back

Emily Zinos

Words may do literal violence after all. News that the Department of Health and Human Services may…

Courage in the Gayborhood

Sebastian Alvarez

Out at Saint Paul’s, one of Manhattan’s most vibrant LGBT Catholic organizations, meets at the Church of…

The Whole World Groans

Michael Hanby

St. Jerome, angry over the protracted Arian crisis and the apparent victory of the “semi-Arians” at the…

Briefly Noted

Various

Inside the Mind of Thomas More: The Witness of His Writingsby louis w. karlin and david r.…

Out at St. Paul

Nic Rowan

I have never seen so many male churchgoers in short shorts. As the priest concludes Mass, my…

Fr. Martin’s False Comfort

Joseph Sciambra

At the age of sixteen, after an indifferent Catholic education, I inexplicably paid a visit to the…

Compelling Tolerance

Darel E. Paul

Jack Phillips barely had time to catch his breath. Less than a month after the Supreme Court…

Why Men Like Me Should Not Be Priests

Daniel Mattson

I am the sort of man the Catholic Church says shouldn’t be a priest. I experience what…

Sex, Fear, and Idolatry

Angela Franks

Moral Combat:How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politicsby r. marie griffithbasic books, 416 pages, $32 Ever…

Revoice and a Vocation of “Yes”

Wesley Hill

At the end of July, in a barely air-conditioned Presbyterian church in St. Louis, Missouri, beneath soaring…

​Affirming and Celebrating Humanae Vitae

George Weigel

July 25 is the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical on the integrity of…

Lust and Augustine

Dale M. Coulter

I have watched with keen interest the debates unfolding around the Revoice Conference, which takes place in…

Her Name Is Monroe Christine

Brandon McGinley

Her name is Monroe Christine. She is twenty months old. She was born on television. You see,…

Monkeying with Monogamy

Hal Boyd

If you want a template for enlightened sexual mores, look to our ape ancestors—at least that appears…