Thursday, January 25, 2007

Communio

I am now a proud new subscriber to Communio, a journal of Catholic theology founded by Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, and Joseph Ratzinger in 1972. My first issues came in just a few days ago, and I am looking forward to reading them.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Avicenna

Cynthia Nielsen at Per Caritatem has a couple of interesting posts up on the medieval Muslim philosopher Avicenna, who, in many ways provided a basis for later Christian philosophers, including St. Thomas Aquinas. Part 1 Part 2 Excellent reading, especially for those of us who aren't all that familiar with Muslim philosophy.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Praying With the Church

For those of you who are interested, I've started a new podcast, called Praying With the Church. It is available in the iTunes podcast directory, or from presterjosh.libsyn.com. The podcast, as you might expect, is about prayer, particularly in the Catholic tradition, but it applies outside of Catholicism as well. If you listen to it, let me know what you think.