Lent 2013 Lectionary meditations March 3, 2013The Christian Century Magazine has generously allowed us to post James’ Lent 2013 Lectionary meditations (PDF), written especially for them....1 min read
Playing for Keeps August 14, 2012James joined the Playing for Keeps radio show to explore how The Hunger Games and chapter 7 of the Old Testament book...42 mins read
Theology as survival March 6, 2012ho is James Alison? What aspects of your life do you consider most central to your identity? What should people who are curious about you know?46 mins read
Sexuality, dialogue, and the Church November 11, 2011An interview in the Other Journal “In this interview, Alison speaks with us about his work on the...1 min read
The Portal and the half-way house: spacious imagination and aristocratic belonging April 20, 2011Session 10 of the twelve-session Jesus the Forgiving Victim course Introduction If you’re anything like me, you have been...54 mins read
Girard and the analogy of desire April 14, 2011Presentation for the Symposium on René Girard and World Religions at G.T.U. Berkeley, 14-16 April 2011. Introduction If the...26 mins read
Sexuality, certainty and salvation October 10, 2010In this interview with the Australian broadcaster ABC, James Alison reflects on his own experience as a gay Catholic,...1 min read
“Like being dragged through a bush backwards”: hints of the shape of conversion’s adventure September 14, 2010Talk for Charles Sturt University, Canberra, 14th September 2010. It is a very great honour to have been...30 mins read
From impossibility to responsibility: developing new narratives for gay catholic living January 27, 2010A talk for the Georgetown University LGBTQ Center delivered on 27 January 2010 as part of the series entitled The...20 mins read
The Fulcrum of Discovery or: how the “gay thing” is good news for the Catholic Church September 22, 2009Slightly different versions of this talk were given as the 16th Annual Christopher F. Mooney S.J. Lecture on...29 mins read