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Feature Defining Social Justice Cutting through the generalities, we must find a specific conception of social justice so that we can recapture itBy Virgil MichelMarch 1, 2014 From the Archives Social Justice Theology
Article Escapism: A Letter from Willa Cather When is art "escapist"? By Willa CatherMarch 1, 2014 From the Archives Poetry
Article An Interview with Jacques Maritain Just before M. Maritain’s last sailing for Europe (December, 1938), the editors of The Commonweal put to him a number of questionsBy The EditorsFebruary 3, 1939 Commonweal at 90 From the Archives Jewish-Christian Relations Laity Secularism and Modernity Social Justice Spirituality Theology U.S. Catholicism
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