Dr. Christopher S. Morrissey

Read the latest Global Theatre column here.

An archive of writings from 2014 and earlier is listed below.

The archive for the current year is found here.

C. S. Morrissey: Videos

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Redeemer Pacific College

Translator of Hesiod's Theogony / Works and Days

A bibliography of writings by C. S. Morrissey for The B.C. Catholic:

2014

• "Santa Pope battles Grinch Pope Emeritus in new myth", The B.C. Catholic (Dec 15, 2014), 7. [HTML] [JPEG] [CWR]
  


• "True law is right reason in agreement with Nature", The B.C. Catholic (Dec 1, 2014), 7. [HTML] [JPEG]
  


• "Interstellar impels science-minded to ponder angels", The B.C. Catholic (Nov 17, 2014), 7. [HTML] [JPEG]
  


• "Real Humanism fosters a truly beautiful culture", The B.C. Catholic (Nov 3, 2014), 7. [HTML] [JPEG]
  


• "Hildebrand deployed philosophy in battling Hitler", The B.C. Catholic (Oct 20, 2014), 7. [HTML] [JPEG]
  


• "Pope Francis says vanity is layered like an onion", The B.C. Catholic (Oct 6, 2014), 7. [HTML] [JPEG]
  


• "The Giver flees from a totalitarian society via beauty", The B.C. Catholic (Sep 22, 2014), 7. [HTML] [JPEG]
  


• "Unsung hero Groot illustrates the path of serenity", The B.C. Catholic (Sep 8, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope Francis chooses to dine at a table of heroes", The B.C. Catholic (Aug 25, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Oxonian responds to Hawking: God's Not Dead", The B.C. Catholic (July 21, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope Francis and Wicked teach us to defy gravity", The B.C. Catholic (July 7, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope Francis recalls first love on the edge of eternity", The B.C. Catholic (June 23, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Good mutants fight perverse notion of freedom", The B.C. Catholic (June 9, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Avengers assemble to honour terminally ill Catholic", The B.C. Catholic (May 26, 2014), 7 and 16. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope tweets about equality: Should liberals rejoice?", The B.C. Catholic (May 12, 2014), 7–8. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Without sacred space for beauty, no true love exists", The B.C. Catholic (Apr 28, 2014), 7 and 13. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Noah takes Scripture seriously and is very artful", The B.C. Catholic (Apr 14, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Without humility, one cannot receive God's word", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 31, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Greeks and gladiators battle Gospel at box office", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 17, 2014), 7 and 13. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope suggests witness as alternative to ideology", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 3, 2014), 7–8. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Culture needs faith-and-reason-based law schools", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 17, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope Francis & Stephen Hawking unveil black holes", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 3, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope rebukes narcissistic Pharisees in our midst", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 20, 2014), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope Francis warns of real-life dragon sickness", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 6, 2014), 7-8. [HTML] [PDF]
  

2013


• "Hobbits debunk the media's latest Francis fantasy", The B.C. Catholic (December 16, 2013), 8 and 23. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Theological handbook transmits Catholicism to the next generation", The B.C. Catholic (December 9, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "The Hunger Games reflects a myth for our times", The B.C. Catholic (December 2, 2013), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Christians are destined to wield the hammer of Thor", The B.C. Catholic (November 18, 2013), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Blessed John Paul II promoted 'civilization of love'", The B.C. Catholic (November 4, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Gravity evokes expansive vision of fragile human life", The B.C. Catholic (October 21, 2013), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Gossip and slander: Satan's strategy against Francis", The B.C. Catholic (October 7, 2013), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Beauty opens hearts to the love of God", The B.C. Catholic (September 23, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Silver screen monsters lack intellectual basis", The B.C. Catholic (September 9, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Stories often help us find our way to the Gospel", The B.C. Catholic (August 26, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "If your life was a movie, what genre would it be?", The B.C. Catholic (July 22, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Theologian gives four steps to renew culture of faith", The B.C. Catholic (July 15, 2013), 15. [PDF]
  


• "Man of Steel invokes Platonic ideas in brilliant way", The B.C. Catholic (July 8, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Super-heroic virtue encounters cave of darkness", The B.C. Catholic (June 24, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "False liberty offers a diminshed, wretched freedom", The B.C. Catholic (June 10, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Connecting truth with beauty exalts them both", The B.C. Catholic (May 27, 2013), 7. [PDF] [News Story]
  


• "Beauty helps us find our way out of the storm", The B.C. Catholic (May 13, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Road of conversion must always be followed: Pope", The B.C. Catholic (Apr 29, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Beauty is the antidote for 'spiritual worldliness'", The B.C. Catholic (Apr 15, 2013), 7 and 22. [PDF]
  


• "What do the media say about Pope Francis?", The B.C. Catholic (Apr 1, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Live from Vatican City: more rivalry and ambition?", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 18, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "A tale of two Bens", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 4, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "Should we be 'men who row against the current'?", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 18, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "March for Life reveals Emperor Obama's new clothes", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 4, 2013), 7 and 11. [PDF]
  


• "Critics paint portrait of duchess with unfavourable brush", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 21, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  


• "All the world's a stage, and we are merely tweeters", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 7, 2013), 7. [PDF]
  

2012

• "Spielberg stinks up math, politics, and film-making", The B.C. Catholic (Dec 17, 2012), 9. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Pope illuminates 'reasonableness of faith in God'", The B.C. Catholic (Dec 3, 2012), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Church remains 'patroness and protector' of Latin", The B.C. Catholic (Nov 26, 2012), 7. [HTML] [PDF]
  


• "Documentary explores Christian teachings on hell", The B.C. Catholic (Oct 1, 2012), 15. [HTML] [blog].
  


• "St. Thomas Aquinas enters the U.S. election race", The B.C. Catholic (Sep 3, 2012), 7. [HTML version] [PDF]
  


• "Latin diplomas debut at Redeemer Pacific College", The B.C. Catholic (May 28, 2012), 2. [HTML version]
  


• "The spirit of the liturgy: 'And with your spirit'", The B.C. Catholic (May 7, 2012), 8.
  


• "The Hunger Games delivers a lesson on divine rescue", The B.C. Catholic (Apr 2, 2012), 7–8. [HTML version]
  


• "Anti-Catholicism: a double standard that deserves doubt", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 12, 2012), 11. [HTML version: The complete review]
  


• "Renewing conviviality: An interview with Peter Stockland", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 5, 2012), 7. [HTML version: The complete interview]
  


• "Emperor asks a number of questions about life & faith", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 27, 2012), 7.
  


• "Sola laus leaves liturgy at a loss, says Aldergrove pastor", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 13, 2012), 2. [HTML version]
  

2011

• "Capitalism needs Catholicism to succeed", The B.C. Catholic (Nov 7, 2011), 7. [HTML version]
  


• "Do you take unfair cream & sugar with your 'fair trade' coffee?", The B.C. Catholic (Sep 19, 2011), 7. [HTML version]
  


• "Is Fair Trade really a poverty solution?", The B.C. Catholic (Sep 12, 2011), 7. [HTML version]
  


• "Theology intertwines with science — Part 2", The B.C. Catholic (Aug 22, 2011), 7. [HTML version]
  [corrected sentence (substitute for the sentence at the end of the ninth paragraph):
  "Ideoscopic science thus presupposes and cannot be founded on anything other than cenoscopic experience."]
  


• "Theology intertwines with science", The B.C. Catholic (Jul 25, 2011), 7. [HTML version]
  [to be read with a caveat (from John Deely's Four Ages) on "What to Do with Common Sense?"]
  


• "'Fair trade' fails to live up to its message", The B.C. Catholic (Jul 11, 2011), 7. [HTML version]
  


• "Meditations impart insight on education", review of Ryan Topping, Augustine
  (Continuum Library of Educational Thought, Vol. 17), in The B.C. Catholic (Jun 6, 2011), 7.
  


• In the news: "Do good, avoid evil: unwritten law", The B.C. Catholic (May 2, 2011), 3–13.
  


• "Bottling up discontent over water issues", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 28, 2011), 7.
  [my reply to the proponents of a one-size-fits-all solution]
  


• "Redeemer Pacific explores bishops' letter on chastity:
  Lecture tackled questions surrounding 'authentic Christian chastity' and why it's important today", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 14, 2011), 3.
  


• "The right to water, 'an essential element':
  Human connectivity can be enabled by 'a network of economic institutions,' Pope Benedict writes", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 24, 2011), 7. [HTML version]
  [my reply to the enthusiasts of the bottled water crusade]
  


• "'Great authors can illuminate a culture':
  Catholic students operate an online literary lighthouse showcasing Catholic culture in Canada", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 17, 2011), 3. [HTML version]
  [interview with Catherine Nolan, the Editor-in-Chief of The Alexandrian: Journal of Catholic Culture in Canada]
  

2010

• "Facing the crusade against bottled water", The B.C. Catholic (Dec 13, 2010), 7. [HTML version]
  [my comment on why the bottled water crusade is misguided (see Nov 22 issue, page 7)]


• "Fr. Spitzer is antidote to faulty logic", The B.C. Catholic (Oct 4, 2010): 6.
  [print version of the Web publication listed below]


• "Father Spitzer: the antidote to Stephen Hawking's faulty logic", www.bccatholic.org (Sep 12, 2010).
  [my comment on the M-theory controversy: the laws of gravity and quantum theory are not unconditioned]


• "Benedict's preacher deserves better", The B.C. Catholic (Apr 12, 2010), 8.
  [my comment on the firestorm over an example to illustrate mimetic theory]


• "He paved road to understanding Aquinas", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 22, 2010), 12.
  [my obituary for Ralph McInerny: requiescat in pace]

2009

• "A Catholic take on the vampire vogue", The B.C. Catholic (Dec 21, 2009), 17.


• "Has Notre Dame University lost its faith?", The B.C. Catholic (May 18, 2009), 8.


• "Render Unto Obama? Needed: A Faith-and-Reason University", CatholicOnline.com (May 16, 2009).


• "Obama nation", The B.C. Catholic (Mar 16, 2009), 14.


• "President Visits Canada", CatholicOnline.com (Feb 19, 2009).


• "Who's your neighbour?", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 16, 2009), 9.


• "What does Obama's inauguration augur?", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 26, 2009), 4.


• "The Obama Economy: With Charity toward None?", CatholicOnline.com (Jan 22, 2009).


• "Archbishop Miller addresses Redeemer Pacific College", CatholicOnline.com (Jan 16, 2009).

2008

• "Can you get what you want? Catholic mind at work," Review of James V. Schall, The Mind that is Catholic: Philosophical and Political Essays (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2008), in The B.C. Catholic (Dec 8, 2008), 11. [View item].


• "Greek Bible now available in a new translation," The B.C. Catholic (Oct 6, 2008), 20. [View item].


• "What if? Thomas Aquinas, Political Pundit," CatholicOnline.com (Sep 17, 2008). [View item].


• "Order of Canada now a threat to liberty," The B.C. Catholic (Sept 1, 2008), 8. [View item].


• "Vatican Latin reboots education for true freedom," The B.C. Catholic (July 28, 2008), 7. [View item].


• "Catholic university is 'our heritage': Archbishop Miller speaks to Redeemer Pacific College on 'the greatness of the Catholic intellectual tradition'," The B.C. Catholic (June 23, 2008), 9. [View item].


• "Order must be 'already built in': Catholic physicist speaks at TWU on harmony of modern physics and ancient faith," The B.C. Catholic (Apr 21, 2008), 2. [View item].


• "Faith, reason, and the university," The B.C. Catholic (Mar 31, 2008), 4 and 16. [View item].


• "Canada has unique religious political history: priest," The B.C. Catholic (Mar 31, 2008), 4. [View item].


• "'Fair looks and a kind heart' not enough," The B.C. Catholic (Mar 17, 2008), 14. [View item].


• "Students take on the ogres of Spiderwick," The B.C. Catholic (Mar 3, 2008), 10. [View item].


• "Catholic students 'Meet the Spartans'," The B.C. Catholic (Feb 11, 2008), 7. [View item].


2007 – 2004

• "Pope Benedict contemplates truth," The B.C. Catholic (Dec 17, 2007), 25. [View item].


• "Pope proposes a new 'solidarity' against utopian ideologies," Catholic Ezine (November 2007). [View item].


• "Document on one, true Church advances ecumenism," The B.C. Catholic (July 23, 2007), 12. [View item].


• "Redeemer launches ecumenical journal", C. S. Morrissey interviewed by J. J. Hutcheson in The B.C. Catholic (November 6, 2006): 4.


• "The way toward wisdom is through metaphysics", Review of Benedict M. Ashley, The Way toward Wisdom in The B.C. Catholic (October 2, 2006): 8.


• "The truth about modern physics, man, and God," Review of Anthony Rizzi, The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century, in The B.C. Catholic (May 9, 2005), 8. [View item].


• "A voice of reason in today's world," Review of James V. Schall, S.J., Roman Catholic Political Philosophy, in The B.C. Catholic (August 30, 2004), 9. [View item].