Article Top Books of 2017 Whatever else happened, there was also great art; there’s always great art By Anthony Domestico December 30, 2017 Books
Article Staff Pick: ‘The Golden Notebook’ Chew on Doris Lessing’s observations about gender, class, and colonialism, and find there is even more in the book to think about By Gabriella Wilke December 29, 2017 Books
Article How Christmas Was Trumpified Trump managed to weaponize the season with branding that turned Christmas upside down By Paul Moses December 28, 2017 Donald Trump
Article Reconciliation through Beauty? A strange German novel asks: What if a pope were to canonize Bach, or try to? By B. D. McClay December 28, 2017 Books Ecumenism
Article Staff Pick: ‘On Evil’ Terry Eagleton tries to figure out what we mean when we use the E-word By Regina Munch December 28, 2017 Ethics Secularism and Modernity
Article Staff Pick: ‘Isaac Hecker: An American Catholic’ A sweeping biography of an overlooked figure By Dominic Preziosi December 27, 2017 U.S. Catholicism Theology
Article Sacred Stories, Modern Audiences The Academy of Sacred Drama and Jeremy Rhizor are creating new audiences for once-familiar and forgotten music By Kate Lucky December 27, 2017 Music
Article Staff Pick: ‘The Hero’s Body’ A brutally candid account of obsession and grief By James Hannan December 26, 2017 Book Essay
Article Staff Pick: The Novels of Penelope Lively The consistently compelling reads of a prize-winning author By Tiina Aleman December 26, 2017 Books
Article A Christmas When Music Invited Me In Life is short, the world beautiful, and love urgently necessary By Rand Richards Cooper December 21, 2017 Music Spirituality
