Secular Music and Sacred Theology, edited by Tom Beaudoin, is an outgrowth of the Rock and Theology project, sponsored by Liturgical Press. It includes an essay of mine “More Than Music: Notes on ‘Staying Punk’ in the Church and in Theology,” and it’s out in May from Liturgical Press.

I returned recently from the annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America in San Jose, CA where I presented a paper called “’I’m a Human, Not a Statue‘: Saints and Saintliness in the Church of Punk Rock.” I may post a revised version of the paper online. Until then, here is a summary: [...]

Since the start of this latest round of clerical sex abuse reports, there has been talk in the air once again of the “future church.” Lisa Fullam at dotCommonweal has reflected on the changing face of parishes without priests. Jesuit Fr. James Martin has stated repeatedly that the “clerical culture” Roman Catholic Church needs to [...]