Sophia Connell's Latest Book

Been reading bits of Sophia Connell's new #Aristotle book & it looks brilliant - especially its argument on how Aristotle (surprisingly) allowed for philosophical women.
It's actually free until August 13th (thanks @CambUP_PHILNYUK) https://t.co/Gg4848UK1R

— Emily Thomas (@emilytwrites) August 6, 2021

The Proceedings

Catherine Pakaluk on Edith Stein

Spotify—https://t.co/DQZ19GfstZ.
SoundCloud—https://t.co/F8brJKrldt.
Apple Podcasts—https://t.co/NuI8nzPK6Z.

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) June 9, 2021

Remaking Latin Clerics in His Image

Catholic Cancel Culture by George Neumayr @george_neumayrhttps://t.co/Dsyp93Wd13

— The American Spectator (@amspectator) May 30, 2021

Spectator

The Pope’s Horizontal Church by George Neumayr @george_neumayrhttps://t.co/XCygbhbTix

— The American Spectator (@amspectator) June 6, 2021

Two I Will Have to Revisit

Join us TODAY at 9:30 am EDT, for a VERY interesting interview w Fr. Prof. Cyril Hovorun, on "Why Does the Church Have a Hierarchy?" Chat LIVE with Fr. Cyril, me, and zillions of viewers as the video premieres, @ this link: https://t.co/iUrb41MUmb pic.twitter.com/9sBqJm1J6X

— Coffee with Sr.Vassa (@coffeesvassa) September 19, 2020

Join me today, @ 9:30 am EDT (and 2:30 pm UK-time) for a VERY interesting conversation w Fr. John Behr, on "Creation & Gender"! He'll be chatting LIVE with us at the premiere, so you can ask him questions/comment. Don't miss it: https://t.co/3pbaW9U5JI pic.twitter.com/xs02b4JiJK

— Coffee with Sr.Vassa (@coffeesvassa) September 26, 2020

Every Scholar Must Have a Library

There can be male minimalism in every other aspect but not here. A consequence of male monomainia...

The value of owning more books than you can read. I agree 100% with ⁦@nntaleb⁩ about this. And I wish my library were larger. :-) https://t.co/aKNEb7BeYi

— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) November 23, 2020

This is fantastic, true, and a complete justification of my way of life...I mean I hope I truly pursue philosophy and Christianity as a way of life. But, also, book buying. https://t.co/4WWWeJff4a

— Paul R. DeHart (@PaulRDeHart) November 23, 2020

Hmm

My new essay for @PostliberalTho1 will probably make Thomists mad.

But it should make my chief demographic, Catholic homeschooling moms and Lite Lacanians, very happy.

Sub or buy the issue: https://t.co/ysg5o05ReH pic.twitter.com/pB2Q1aodXf

— Marc Barnes (@BadCatholicBlog) July 29, 2020

Thomas Royen

News from 2017: Retired German man solves one of world's most complex maths problem with 'simple proof'
Thomas Royen found the solution at the age of 67 while brushing his teeth

Not only is this important, but it proves many our truths are learned by a form of induction, what can be termed a gift from God. https://t.co/4bhuYtxm6K

— Staff Sergeant Briggs (@FamedCelebrity) June 21, 2020

Gender in Genesis: Father Lawrence Farley

Phyllis Zagano

Crisis: The Gnostic Feminism of Phyllis Zagano by REV. DWIGHT LONGENECKER

A Pedagogical Question

If a school has co-education, when is the right time to end it? At the age of reason (between 7 and 8 years old), so second or third grades? Or at the beginning of puberty (which can be as low as 9 years of age if stressors are present, otherwise 11 to 13), 6 to 8 grade? Or somewhere in that range? It seems middle school (6 to 8) is a convenient point for dropping co-education, but perhaps it should be done at an earlier age, like at 9 years.

How Useful a Book?

Scott Hahn's latest is on marriage and family. Sounds rather blue-pilled, and he's unlikely to deal with feminism in any meaningful way.

Scott Hahn's Call to Save the Family By CASEY CHALK
Want to restore our culture? The Christian scholar says marriage the place to start.

An Oldie, But a Good One

The Truth About Men & Church
Robbie Low on the Importance of Fathers to Churchgoing

Liturgical Scholar, Not Theologian or Bishop

Byz Tx: Sr. Vassa: There's no ontological impediment to priestesses

Is the rationale for the prohibition against women receiving Holy Orders (setting aside the claim by Byzantine Christians that deaconesses are a major order) merely that it has been prohibited by God or the Church? Or is there something more? Is Christ a male for a reason? Could the Second Person of the Trinity have become Incarnate as a woman? Could the Second Person of the Trinity exercise authority over men as a woman?

Ryan T. Anderson on Sex Change

Sex Change: Physically Impossible, Psychosocially Unhelpful, and Philosophically Misguided by Ryan T. Anderson

Modern medicine can’t reassign sex physically, and attempting to do so doesn’t produce good outcomes psychosocially. Here is the evidence.

Teaching the Nicomachean Ethics

The text is still used by some philosophy departments of the "new, small, Catholic liberal arts colleges" -- however the ethics course is usually co-ed. Is this use of the Nicomachean Ethics, or the teaching of ethics in general, in a "gender-neutral" way appropriate, if we admit the existence of sex differences? It should be clear from the text itself that it is addressed to young men (of a certain educational background), and not to young women. Is the text useful for women who have a similar background? Perhaps some parts, like the discussion of happiness and friendship. But the discussion of the virtues may not be, as those virtues would be different for men and women in so far as their general virtue is also different.

As the teaching of ethics is part of moral education, and not just a component of a "liberal education" (which in turn must be judged in accordance with moral standards and requirements), ethics above all should not be taught to a mixed-sex class. What would be required for a proper ethics course for women, besides acknowledging the existence of sex differences? More on that another time.

Pope Francis at the (Re)Thinking Europe Conference

Exactly.

Byz, TX:

Do we have naked women needing to be baptized by deaconesses? Do we have priests unable to go to widows homes lest they scandalize the village? Do we have male and female sides to our parishes that need deaconesses to keep the women in order during services? No? Then what role will they play as that's the role they filled 600+ years ago? Helping people through Christian charity? Does that need an ordained ministry?

If we're going to restore the order of deaconesses let us also restore strict sex divisions in and outside of the temple.

ORTHODOX LITURGISTS ISSUED A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE ORDER OF DEACONESS BY THE PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA

Sex Differences and Intelligence

Men 4 Points Ahead

If Adam had not sinned, would there be any sex differences? Would men and women have had interchangeable minds/psyches? How can one claim that men would not have been the head of women if there had been no fall, except by inferring (erroneously) that this headship is a consequence of the Fall or that it is sinful domination?

Way Behind...

Still haven't caught up.


The snippet offered below could be understood as a defense of patriarchy (in conjunction with what St. Paul wrote), but I don't think that's how it will work out.