paul j. griffiths

This page contains relatively finished pieces that are at the moment unpublished. Most of them will remain that way. Please feel free to make whatever use of them you’d like.

“Living Crosswise.” A homily delivered at Goodson Chapel, Duke Divinity School, 28 January 2010.

“War and Christian Hope.” Remarks delivered on 25 June 2009 at a conference on just war in Naples, Florida, cosponsored by the International Peace Research Institute (Oslo, Norway), and the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal (Naples, Florida).

“Two Annunciations.” A homily delivered at Goodson Chapel, Duke Divinity School, 25 March 2009.

“Juxtaposition, Lineage, Inscription: Towards a Grammar of Comparison.” Remarks delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Chicago on All Saints’ Day 2008.

“Why Theology Should Find the Public Academy Inhospitable.” Remarks delivered at a conference to inaugurate the Center for Catholic Studies at Durham University (England), on 9 May 2008.

“Befriending the Religious Other: Why Friendship is Harder Than Love.” A lecture delivered at Baylor University’s Institute on Faith & Learning on 26 October 2007.

“Religion & Politics.” Remarks delivered at a meeting of the Federalist Society in Washington, DC, on 16 November 2006.

“Regensburg Revisited.” Remarks delivered at a conference on Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg Address in November 2006.

“Are There Elements in Religious Belief that Provoke Violence?” Remarks delivered on 31 March 2006 at a conference sponsored by the Contemporary History Institute at Ohio University, on the topic of religion and viiolence.

“Child Abuse.” Remarks written on 13 February 2006 and submitted as an op-ed to the Chicago Tribune. Not published.

“The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: Catholicism and the Meaning of Study.” A lecture delivered at the St. Anselm Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 25 October 2005.

“Purgatory as Reincarnation.” Remarks delivered at the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America in St. Louis, Missouri, on 11 June 2005.

“Disagreement and Dissent in a Good Society.” Plenary address at a conference on the Catholic intellectual tradition and the good society at the University of St. Thomas’s School of Law in April 2005.

“On The Newdow Case.” Contribution to a debate on 8 July 2004 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Elk Grove v. Newdow, a case argued before the Supreme Court on 24 March 2004 and decided on 14 June 2004.

“Same-Sex Marriage.” Remarks (with a handout) delivered at a symposium on this topic at the University of Notre Dame on Ash Wednesday 2004.

“A Fishy Farewell.” A poem presented to Stanley Fish on the occasion of his departure from the University of Illinois at Chicago, April 2004.

“Is Tolerance Possible? Religious Diversity, Religious Commitment, and the American Experiment.” A lecture delivered at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on 24 October 2003.

“Obedience, Authority, and Martyrdom: Comments on a Newly-Discovered Sermon by Augustine.” Remarks delivered at a conference on Religion and State Authority at the University of Illinois in Chicago, 11 October 2003.

“Quarrying the Granite Rock with Razors: Liberal Arts & Catholic Colleges.” An academic convocation address delivered at St. Michael’s College, Burlington, Vermont, 26 September 2003.

“Religion & the Agony of the University.” Remarks delivered at a conference on studying and teaching religion in the secular university, sponsored by the Humanities Institute of the University of Illinois at Chicago, 30 January 2003.

‘Gift and Obligation in the Thought of Josemaría Escrivá’ was a paper delivered at a centennial conference on the thought of Bl. Josemaría in Chicago on 28 June 2002.

‘Proselytism: Embracing the Unavoidable’ was a paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Denver, Colorado, on 19 November 2001.

‘On Dominus Iesus’ is some brief remarks on that document delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Theological Association in Milwaukee, Illinois, on 8 June 2001.

‘Confessing Leprosy’ was a homily delivered at the University of Chicago’s Bond Chapel during the fifth week in Ordinary Time, A.D. 2000.

‘Judas, Damnation, and the Harrowing of Hell’ was a homily delivered at the University of Chicago’s Bond Chapel during Holy Week, A.D. 1999.