Rev. Richard G. Malloy, S.J., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA. His book, A Faith That Frees: Catholic Matters for the 21st century was recently published by Orbis.
Security concerns for Barack Obama are evidence that race is still very much an issue for some Americans
Recently, several media outlets, including the New York Times, have printed stories on the increased security surrounding the Senator and his family. "Obama must be wary of ...
"Fr. Malloy, are you a virgin?" So inquired an undergrad in my intro to sociology class. Every semester, usually just before Fall or Spring break, I hand ...
David Halberstam I will miss. Our relationships with writers tell us much about ourselves. As the young teacher and former student of C. S. Lewis says in ...
Why recent reports of the death of God are greatly exaggerated
Sam Harris's The End of Faith (2004) has spawned a viral strain of books viscerally denigrating religion. Everything from Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion (2006) and Daniel Dennett's Breaking ...
Imagine being tortured and raped, and then being forced to watch as the ‘evil-doers' rape your daughter. All the while you know you do not have the ...
"The good news for humans is that it looks like peaceable conditions, once established, can be maintained" says primatologist Frans de Waal. "And if Baboons can do it, why ...
HAVERTOWN, PA
December 1958
It’s helpful to have an older brother who’s taller than you. At the age of four Timmy is a year older and can reach things I can’t. One ...
A New Year's resolution to move out of our comfort zones
In the mid 1980s, I was studying theology in Boston. Several other young Jesuits and I moved from Cambridge—where the Jesuit School of Theology was located near Harvard Square—to live ...
