American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Our Year in Film and Television: 2020
We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable movies and TV…
The Origins of Sexual Totalitarianism
Recently, some social and political movements associated with sexual identity seem to have taken a “totalitarian” turn.…
Biden’s Challenge For Bishops
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares his government, the bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States…
Rigorous Divinity
The Nature and Promise of Analytic Theologyby oliver d. crisp, james m. arcadi, and jordan wessling brill,…
This Tinnitus
i This tinnitus—its tintinnabulationsso whiningly thin. ii This tinnitus—tiny and tinny and yetso terribly loud. iii This…
Catholic Colonialism
Apostles of Empire:The Jesuits and New Franceby bronwen mcshea nebraska, 378 pages, $60 In Apostles of Empire,…
Democracy with a Human Face?
Anthony Trollope poked fun at those fascinated by political life, obsessed with “the close, bosom friendship, and…
Therapeutic Jurisprudence
After the 1973 decision Roe v. Wade, a crisis of meaning emerged in opinions of the United…
The Fury of the Fatherless
The Trump administration’s recent designation of several American cities as “anarchic jurisdictions” may turn out to have…
Defined by the Cross
Who Is an Evangelical?The History of a Movement in Crisisby thomas s. kidd yale, 200 pages, $26…
Thanksgiving and the Paradox of Death
The juxtaposition of Thanksgiving with the Church’s annual month of prayer for the dead hadn’t previously struck…
What We’ve Been Reading—11.23.20
R. R. RenoEditor Years ago I read Geoffrey Kabaservice’s 2012 book on postwar conservatism, Rule and Ruin:…
An Open Letter to the People of “Courage”
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: There are many exemplars of the cardinal virtue of courage in…
Theodore McCarrick, Not John Paul II, Is the Story of the McCarrick Report
Shortly after the release of the Vatican’s long-awaited report on the career of cashiered cardinal Theodore McCarrick,…
Challenging Vote Counts
The Trump campaign continues to contest the election results. The litigation underway is not “corrosive to our…
