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
Brokeheart Mountain: Reflections on monotheism, idolatry and the Kingdom July 8, 2009A presentation for the annual COV&R Conference held in St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, 8-12 July 2009. This...27 mins read
What sorts of difference does René Girard make to how we read the Bible? May 26, 2009Presentation for the 2009 Theology and Peace Conference, a gathering of lay people and clergy from many different...36 mins read
The Priestly pattern of Creation and a fraudulent reading of St Paul: a Catholic reads some Pauline texts in the light of Mimetic Theory March 27, 2009A contribution to the Colloquium Saint Paul: Apocalypse et révélation at the Villa Bonaparte and the Villa Medici,...1 min read
The pain and the endgame: reflections on a whimper February 19, 2009Dear C. You wrote to me to say how overwhelmed you were with the various incidents in the...42 mins read
Prayer: A case study in mimetic anthropology February 1, 2009The following is the tentative text of one of the twelve sessions of The Forgiving Victim – the Adult Introduction...38 mins read