A First Things Blog

Student brother Sebastian White, O.P. is a summer fellow at First Things magazine, a publication of The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society.  As part of his duties, Br. Sebastian publishes regularly at First Thoughts, the blog site for the journal.  Some of his recent blog posts include:

• Tell It Like It Is, about how to communicate the dignity of life in the public square.
• Control Yourself!, on recent scientific research and the nature of willpower.
• “Great bosh, Cordelia.” on the nature and value of modern art
• What’ll It Be?, on what the main issues in this election will be.
• Divine Suavity, on creationism, evolution, and the American mindset.
• Audacious and Mendacious, on the audacity of Planned Parenthood.
• Marriage Makes Cents, on the benefits of two-parent families.

Br. Sebastian also has a recent entry published on the On the Square Blog of the First Things website.  Entitled “If You Will”, Br. Sebastian analyzes–under the aspect of the evangelical counsel of obedience–the current situation regarding the pastoral-dogmatic intervention made by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) to provide guidance to correct some problematic elements of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). To see all of Br. Sebastian’s blog posts, see his page on the First Thoughts blog or follow his  RSS Feed.