Sexual Revolution
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Kissing Purity Culture Goodbye
Last week, twenty-one years after its initial publication, Joshua Harris officially denounced and discontinued publication of his…
Bringing Sex Back
Words may do literal violence after all. News that the Department of Health and Human Services may…
Courage in the Gayborhood
Out at Saint Paul’s, one of Manhattan’s most vibrant LGBT Catholic organizations, meets at the Church of…
The Whole World Groans
St. Jerome, angry over the protracted Arian crisis and the apparent victory of the “semi-Arians” at the…
Briefly Noted
Inside the Mind of Thomas More: The Witness of His Writingsby louis w. karlin and david r.…
Out at St. Paul
I have never seen so many male churchgoers in short shorts. As the priest concludes Mass, my…
Fr. Martin’s False Comfort
At the age of sixteen, after an indifferent Catholic education, I inexplicably paid a visit to the…
Compelling Tolerance
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
I am the sort of man the Catholic Church says shouldn’t be a priest. I experience what…
Sex, Fear, and Idolatry
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”
At the end of July, in a barely air-conditioned Presbyterian church in St. Louis, Missouri, beneath soaring…
Affirming and Celebrating Humanae Vitae
July 25 is the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical on the integrity of…
Lust and Augustine
I have watched with keen interest the debates unfolding around the Revoice Conference, which takes place in…
Her Name Is Monroe Christine
Her name is Monroe Christine. She is twenty months old. She was born on television. You see,…
Monkeying with Monogamy
If you want a template for enlightened sexual mores, look to our ape ancestors—at least that appears…