In his children’s book The Polar Express (1985), Chris Van Allsburg tells the story of a boy who travels to the North Pole and receives a bell from Santa’s sleigh. The sound of the bell nourishes the boy’s belief in Santa into adulthood. Van Allsburg’s narrative plays off a theme central to the Gospel of John: the relationship between hearing…[Read more]

In this paper I examine Bernard Lonergan’s interpretation of ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ in Romans 5:5 as a subjective genitive construct.

In the so-called Protevangelium Jacobi, Mary spins thread for the temple veil while receiving news of her impending pregnancy. Some have argued that her work is apologetic, countering the unflattering claim (of Celsus) that she spun in order to make ends meet, others that it is indicative of her virtue, intended to portray her as laudable. Without…[Read more]

Introduction to the Bible syllabus. Undergraduate Theology class. Dominican University (River Forest, IL).