Lorenzo Monaco, Nativity, ca. 1406–10 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Christmas Critics

Gift Ideas for Book Lovers

November 19, 2018

Share

Article

Gossip & Insight

Edmund White knew that writers were most compelling when exploring a subject they were of two minds about: when they could see it from one angle, then another.

By Matthew Sitman

December 15, 2018

Article

War, Commentary, Shipwrecks

A carefully selected trio of diaries and diary-like works

By Dominic Preziosi

November 19, 2018

Article

Making Room for Something New

What does it mean to be receptive to the wild and divine?

By Santiago Ramos

November 19, 2018

Article

There & Back Again

A collection of stocking stuffers for a commuter you love

By Katherine Lucky

December 8, 2018

Article

Selves & the City

In spite of all the ambition and selfishness that New York supposedly represents, I’ve found that the city’s density has encouraged me to forget myself.

By Griffin Oleynick

November 19, 2018

Article

Joy to the World

December can also offer a radical break with the hustle and bustle. Advent promises a fuller sense of time.

By Steven Knepper

December 1, 2018

Tags

Please email comments to letters@commonwealmagazine.org and join the conversation on our Facebook page.

Share

Must Reads

Politics

Has Liberalism Failed?

Three writers assess the claims of Patrick Deneen’s critique of liberalism; the author offers a pointed response

December 3, 2018

Religion

Let Church Be Church Again

It is a challenging time, both for our nation and our church. But it can also be a graced moment, and an opportunity for healing.

By Carol Keehan, DC

November 27, 2018

Religion

Why I Came & What I Found

The church’s embrace is often a harsh one. I have been and continue to be pained by it

By Paul J. Griffiths

November 26, 2018

Religion

Why I Came

I would like to say that I immediately flew unto Mary, to stand before her, sinful and sorrowful, but it took a long time

By B. D. McClay

November 24, 2018

Culture

‘The Nun’s Story’ Revisited

However much we may admire the austerities and asceticism of pre-Vatican II religious life, the film depicts a closed world to which we cannot return

By Paul Baumann

December 4, 2018

Books

Christmas Critics

Smart reading suggestions for the 2018 holiday season

November 19, 2018

Collections

Why We Came. Why We Left. Why We Stay.

The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us

December 3, 2018

© 2018 Commonweal Magazine. All rights reserved. Design by Point Five, NY. Development by Deck Fifty Design.