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PRESIDENT'S CORNER

Dr. Daniel C. Maguire teaches Moral Theology and Ethics at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

 

 

Archbishop of New York Joins the Bigots

Do Religions Reject Gay Marriage?

Wisconsin's bishops are flat-out wrong
Dan Maguire's letter-to-the-editor

Why I Am a Jew
My coming out as a Jew would certainly surprise my Irish Catholic parents who produced a brood of seven Irish Catholics, including me, three of whom became priests, including me. Radio Interview

Hierarchy, Sex, Power — A Primer For Educating Bishops

New Edition
Ethics: A Complete Method for Moral Choice

by Daniel C. Maguire

 

Dan Maguire reacts to excommunication of nun over abortion to save life of mother

Archbishop Listecki Is Out Of Line
Dan Maguire's letter to the editor regarding interference in academic affairs.

Dan Maguire Calls on Marquette to Re-Invite Dr. Jodi O'Brien

Marquette Professor Calls for Pope To Resign

Dan Maguire's Radio Interview On Sex Scandal in Catholic Church and Why Pope Should Resign

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Catholic Theology vs Vatican Theology

Dan Maguire offers deeply informed and incisive theological arguments in favor of gender equality, affirmative action and antiracism, opposition to war, and the fight against poverty and economic inequality. (details, order.)

 

Radio Interview on "Whose Church?"

Review by New Catholic Times

Sex and the Sacred: text / video

Moderate Roman Catholic Position on Contraception & Abortion

A Catholic Defense of Same Sex Marriage

Interview with Dan Maguire on bishops' failure to get off pelvic issues and talk about peace, poverty and other cutting-edge issues.


NEWSLETTERS

Population Growth & Justice (Martin-Schramm)

Engaged Islam (Engineer)

The Religious Consultation
on Population
Reproductive Health
and Ethics

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YOUR NEWS

Glenn Beck vs. Christ the Liberator
A few months ago, Beck decided to demolish the idea of "social justice" by telling Christians that if their priests, pastors or ministers use that buzz word on Sundays they should leave their churches.

Women priests offer differing approaches to valid ordination

Dead mothers; Grim statistics tell the tale: Too many American women die giving birth

Gay Adoption To Proceed: UK Catholic Agency Loses Fight Over Same-Sex Parents

Wisconsin Makes Push on Free Birth Control

5-day-after contraceptive wins FDA approval; Ella said to be more effective than Plan B; abortion foes allege drug misclassification

Another Pill That Could Cause a Revolution

Contraceptives may be among preventive services plans will offer at no extra cost

Marriage: sacraments and politics

Banned By the Pope

Archives of past articles

CATHOLIC CHURCH SEX SCANDAL

Forgive Not: A Catholic’s struggle with the sins of his church -- Garry Wills

Rescue Catholicism from Vatican

A Church Mary Can Love

Is Vatican Guilty in Child-Sex Scandal?

National Catholic Reporter Calls for Full Investigation

Should There Be an Inquisition for the Pope?

Save the Children, Benedict

Pope Benedict XVI and the Perfect Storm

Professor Maguire Calls for Pope To Resign


PALESTINE: Death of a Nation

Onward, Christian Zionists

Forbidden Memories as National Policy in the United States and Israel

In Israel, the Noble vs. The Ugly

Where Is The Palestinian Gandhi?

The Two Sides of a Barbed-Wire Fence

Passenger Describes Israeli Attack

American Friends Service Committee Responds to Attack on Humanitarian Shipment to Gaza

Too Close For Comfort? Reassessing America's Special Relationship With Israel

Israel Commits War Crime in Gaza

Female soldiers in Israel break their silence with chilling account of the occupation

POPULATION ISSUES

U.N. Demographic Manuals and World Fertility Chart Online

China's One and Only Child Policy

We Are Breeding Ourselves to Extinction

A simple family size solution

In Reversal, Highly Developed Nations See Rise in Fertility; Prosperity's Effect on Birthrate Changes

Population Growth Rates by Country

World Population Day 2009

Earth population 'exceeds limits'

Population control : the marathon’s not over

World Population Approaches 7 Billion

ENVIRONMENT

Copenhagen: The Beginning of the End, and, If So, Whose?

The Jig Is Up: supplies of oil and gas are running out

The New Renaissance

U.N. Warns of Rapid Decay of Environment

Our Drinkable Water Supply Is Vanishing

A Swiftly Melting Planet

Global food crisis looms as climate change and population growth strip fertile land

Climate Change May Force Mass Migration

Society, not science, must solve global warming

Pontifical Council on Climate Change and Development

The Evolution of God
In his brilliant new book, The Evolution of God, Robert Wright tells the story of how God grew up.

New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices, Many Views edited by Mary E. Hunt and Diann L. Neu

Sexuality and the Sacred by Marvin Ellison and Kelly Douglas, editors

A former priest finds peace to the left of the flock

Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution

The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory by David Loy

The Paranoia Switch

Bishop's Book Call For a Better Church

The A Word -- Abortion: Real Women, Tough Choices, Personal Freedom

THE RELIGIOUS
CONSULTATION

Who Are We?
Participating Scholars
     

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BOOKS BY TRC SCHOLARS
Participating Scholars of The Religious Consultation writing on sexuality, religious perspectives on population, consumption, and related issues.
Books   Publications    Booklets

Violence Against Women: Roots and Cures in World Religions
Introduction to new book by scholars of The Religious Consultation

Heterosexism in Contemporary World Religion
Introduction to new book by scholars of The Religious Consultation

FAMILY PLANNING:
THE WISDOM OF ISLAM

By Sa'diyya Shaikh
read on-line in Arabic

LINKS to organizations working on related issues.


DR MAGUIRE COLLECTION

SACRED CHOICES
The Right to Contraception and Abortion in Ten World Religions

Sacred Choices Initiative
Summary
About the Author
Preface
Frequently Asked Questions
Scholars for Sacred Choices
Buy the Book
Radio interview
What people are saying about the book

"A pity beyond all telling." -- Dan Maguire's response to U.S. bishops

Bishops Denounce Maguire's Writings

Opportunity Lost in Obama's Nobel Speech

A Case of Conscience at Marquette University

Bishops Flunk Test as Theologians

Bishops Hail Dead Theologians

Dan Maguire's Eulogy at Memorial Service for Dr. Tiller

Agenda for Pope's Visit to USA

Dan Maguire calls for impeachment

Dan Maguire's Letter to the Editor Regarding Catholic Politicians and Abortion

Statement of Dan Maguire on Supreme Court Abortion Ban

Automatic Excommunication for Pols Supporting Abortion Clarified

Calling All "Pro-Lifers!"

Where Does God Stand on Abortion?

Letter from a Catholic Theologian to All 270 U.S. Catholic Bishops

Bishops vs. Catholic Politicians

Vatican and Bishops in Schism and Heresy

Israel fails to meet tests for a 'just war'

The Lies of War: Dissecting the "Just War” Euphemisms and Building an Ethics of Peace

The Education of Shelby Knox: Sex, Lies & Education

Pro-Life Abortions

Is Abortion Murder?

The Co-Opted Gospel

Sex and the Sacred text | video

The Empire/Servility Syndrome

The Chastity Mask

Irish Times interviews Dan Maguire on abortion issue

Terri Schiavo and Catholic Moral Theology

Pope's 25 Years of Unfulfilled Potential

The Money Is There!!!

Strange Bedfellows — Chinese Communists and the Republican Party

The Magdalene Sisters: Who's to Blame?

Contraception & Abortion in Islam

Fetus Alert!

Why Do Americans Hate Children?

Theocracy USA

Did A Catholic Saint Approve Abortion?

Abortion debate clouds stem cell issue

Sex, Ethics and One Billion Adolescents

Metamorphosis of Power

The Church IS a Democracy

Voice of The Faithful in a Clergy Dominated Church

Reproductive Rights After 9/11

A Superpower No More

Poverty, Population, Catholic Tradition

Population, Poverty & Sustainable Development

Address to UN Conference in Cairo

AUDIO

Dan Maguire's Radio Interview On Sex Scandal in Catholic Church and Why Pope Should Resign

 

Interview with Dan Maguire on bishops' failure to get off pelvic issues and talk about peace, poverty and other cutting-edge issues.