John P. Slattery

John P. Slattery, PhD, is a senior program associate with the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Evolution & Racism

The evolving scientific consensus against racial hierarchies strengthens church teachings about equality and human dignity.

February 4, 2020

Article

Teilhard & Eugenics

More research is needed to define Teilhard’s moral vision, especially as we consider the needs of the oppressed, outcast, and differently abled.

By John P. Slattery

March 12, 2019

Theology

Bioethics

Must Reads

Politics

American Paganism

The debate is not whether modern paganism is real, but where it lives, how it appears, and what it does. In contemporary politics, it's cruelty and violence.

By David Albertson

February 3, 2020

Religion

Strange Gods

The faith we place in markets and the sacrifices we offer on the altar of capitalism make all modern consumers part of an idolatrous system.

By William T. Cavanaugh

January 21, 2020

Culture

Pilgrims

Had I known before that the greatest gift of the road was the love of another human being? Of course I had. But I had not fully understood.

By Kathleen Hill

January 10, 2020

Culture

No-Bullshit Spirituality

Even for the skeptic, pilgrimage can offer an opportunity for self-discovery and contemplation.

By Santiago Ramos

January 3, 2020

Books

‘Nodes of Intensity’

Garth Greenwell’s new novel plumbs the physicality of queer desire, even as it gestures at the transcendence and sacramentality of sexual experience.

By Anthony Domestico

January 16, 2020

Collections

Injustice at the Border

The suffering of migrants and refugees on the border cannot be forgotten. Nor can the Trump administration’s deliberate cruelty toward them.

By The Editors

October 28, 2019