“I must watch over you”: The virtue of familial responsibility

Carrie Frederick Frost

Family is on everyone’s mind during Christmastide, whether it be the Holy Family of the Christmas story or our own families. But rarely is this topic approached theologically or as a virtue. Read Carrie Frederick Frost’s reflection on the under-appreciated virtue of familial responsibility and its great exemplar in the novel Kristin Lavransdatter.

The Historical Jesus cartoon

Ecclesia©

Drawn by Joseph Farris, a staff cartoonist for the New Yorker. His personal website is www.josephfarris.com.

Creaters and idea: The Brothers Price.

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Ecclesia© is an occasional theological cartoon that appears alongside other cartoons in the Clarion Review.

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The Formulation of Jonathan Edward’s Theocentric Metaphysics (Part 1 of 4)

By: Rev. John J. Bombaro, PhD

Over the last decade a distinguished company of Edwards commentators have adopted what may be deemed a “new perspective” on the Northampton sage’s philosophical theology, a perspective that proposes a thoroughly modern foundation for his metaphysics. The Ursprung of the new genesis in Edwards studies may be traced to the work of Sang Hyun Lee on the subject of Edwards and dispositions.