Gregory Hillis is the executive director of the Aquinas Center of Theology at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
Article In Praise of the Pitch Clock MLB’s new pitch clock highlights the deep patterns and contemplative rhythms of the sport. It has brought baseball back to itself. By Gregory Hillis May 21, 2023 Sports Theology Culture
Article Unity Without Reduction The defense of ‘Traditionis custodes’ often relies on an oversimplified view of traditionalists, one that diverges from Pope Francis’s typical emphasis on dialogue. By Gregory Hillis February 10, 2022 Pope Francis Vatican II U.S. Catholicism
Article A Sign of Contradiction Fr. August Thompson refused to accept the racism he experienced from white Catholics, and spent his life fighting for racial justice in Louisiana. By Gregory Hillis August 26, 2019 Race Social Justice
Article A Gift, Not a Guilt Trip What if, instead of thinking about Christ’s baptism in terms of original sin, we followed St. Cyril’s lead in celebrating the breath of the Spirit? By Gregory Hillis January 12, 2019 Spirituality Theology
Article Quit Trying to ‘Fix’ Baseball Baseball has a contemplative dimension that simply isn’t a feature of other games By Gregory Hillis March 27, 2018 Spirituality Secularism and Modernity
Article A Burial at Gethsemani Contemplating our mortality can draw us deeper into our communities By Gregory Hillis February 3, 2018 Death and Dying Spirituality U.S. Catholicism The Last Word Religious Life
