Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Heroic Historian
Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War by joseph t. stuart catholic…
Insight at First Sight
Imagine that you are an accomplished young woman, walking into a campus coffee shop toward the end…
Judith Butler’s Trouble
ABerkeley student approaches two older women. She has a flier in her hand. “Hey, happy No-Pants Day!”…
What We’ve Been Reading—April 2023
Veronica ClarkeAssociate Editor I wonder if Holden Caulfield’s suitcases are still in a strongbox at Grand Central.…
Pacem in Terris After 60 Years
On April 11, 1963, John XXIII issued the encyclical Pacem in Terris, a powerful call for a…
Rewilding American Christianity
Umberto Eco, in a pair of essays now canonical in medieval studies, proposed that we are living…
Sing Your Abortion
Jean Rohe really wants you to know that she had an abortion. In the dehumanizing song “Animal,”…
My Gideon Bible
My mother was notorious for it: checking out of a hotel with an item or two more…
Happiness Requires Resistance
There are two types of patients: those who want to run the show, and those who want…
Let My People Go—For What?
Jews throughout the world celebrate the first nights of Passover, which commemorate God’s deliverance of the Israelites…
Letters
Family and Poetry I was very gripped by Kerri Christopher’s essay, “Three Christmas Dinners” (February 2023). I’ve…
Peace in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is passing the one-year mark as I write. In its early days, the…
Sex-Realist Feminism
What is a woman’s place in society? Down the centuries, from Plato and Aristotle to Margaret Sanger…
Theology in Division
Level with me—you’re Catholic, right? I get this question a lot—from students, folks at church, academic colleagues.…
Unmasking the Young
One of the priests I most admire grew up on a farm on the Canadian plains. The…
