Catholic Crits

Many thanks to Rob for the interesting and salutary thoughts on what 'Crits' and 'Catholic Legal Theorists' might share, and the invitation to all of us to begin a discussion on the subject.  There's indeed much to say on this subject and regrettaby I've little time at the moment to say much at all on it.  But I'll return to the subject later, for what ever my thoughts on it might be worth.  In the meanwhile, I think MoJers and friends might be intrigued to know that Roberto Unger has long understood himself to be passionately Catholic, and I for my part thus understand him as well.  (I helped him teach a course about six years back while a graduate student and have been one of his many occasionally critical friends, I suppose, since before then and since.)  Of course his modes of thinking are perhaps more in keeping with those associated with Gustavo Guttierez and other liberation theologians than they are with, say, those of Karl Rahner, but in my humble opinion that's all to the good; and certainly his thinking does not seem to me fundamentally incompatible with that of more 'orthodox' theologians in any event.  RMU also, intriguingly, keeps abreast of current theological publications.  He's a remarkable if (delightfully!) eccentric and occasionally (again delightfully) over-the-top fellow, and for what it is worth I think we're all quite blessed to have him.