Christopher Thompson

Christopher Thompson is a professor of moral theology at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of The Joyful Mystery: Field Notes Toward a Green Thomism (Emmaus Road Publishing) and writes frequently on the intersection between Catholic moral theology and ecological concern.

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Green Thomism at 40 Degrees Below

Overcoming the worst of winter means facing squarely the problem of sin.

Christopher Thompson Blogs February 5, 2019

Remember, Man, You Are Dust

“We are called to take part in the Resurrection of Christ. For this appeal to resound within us with all its force ... let us realize what death means: ‘You are dust.’” —Pope St. John Paul II

Christopher Thompson Blogs November 14, 2018

Benjamin West, “The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise,” 1791

#MeaCulpa in a #MeToo Age

The propensity to cloak our failures by feigning innocence, claiming privilege or protecting prominence is to mask the deeper truths of our culpability and culture.

Christopher Thompson Blogs October 24, 2018

The Beauty of Creation Reflects the Beauty of the Creator

“For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him.” (Colossians 1:16)

Christopher Thompson Blogs September 20, 2018