American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Quite Contrary
Here’s the Story:A Memoirby mary mcaleese sandycove, 416 pages, £20 Mary McAleese is known to some as…
Rethinking Religious Freedom
Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me:Why Governments Discriminate Against Religious Minoritiesby jonathan fox cambridge, 292…
The Diseasing of Judgment
Students clamor for “safe spaces.” Protesters smash windows and political leaders insist on saying that it’s important…
This Blue
The way the light of youfinds me through the hot,bright unnamable blue, that square of ancient glassin…
True Crime Junkies
Are you bored? In need of distraction? Hungry for a morsel of entertainment? Let’s review pop culture’s…
Catholics and the Incoming Biden Administration
Joe Biden has been in public life for a very long time, so many of us are…
Our Year in Film and Television: 2020
We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable movies and TV…
Biden’s Challenge For Bishops
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares his government, the bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States…
The Origins of Sexual Totalitarianism
Recently, some social and political movements associated with sexual identity seem to have taken a “totalitarian” turn.…
Defined by the Cross
Who Is an Evangelical?The History of a Movement in Crisisby thomas s. kidd yale, 200 pages, $26…
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…
