Magazine

May 15, 2015

v.142 n.9

Article

Common Hells, Private Heavens

Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell each has its own floor. Evoking horror, repentance and beatitude, more than 40 African artists exhibit a new look at Dante and divinity.

By Eve Tushnet

May 4, 2015

Domestic Affairs

Arts

Continuing the Conversation

Death and Dying

Media

Secularism and Modernity

Sexuality

Spirituality

Theology

Article

Beyond the Abortion Wars

Charles Camosy believes we are “on the verge of a new moment in the abortion debate," politically capable of compromise. But has he misunderstood Catholic teaching?

By Bernard G. Prusak

May 4, 2015

Article

Poem | The Flamingo

May 4, 2015

Article

Spare the Rod

The effect of violence on the lives of children: high rates of depression, criminal behavior, domestic violence, rape, substance abuse, and acquired disabilities.

By Jo McGowan

May 4, 2015

Columnists

Health Care

Poverty

Article

Poem | Some Octaves on Holy Orders

May 4, 2015

Article

A Continent Adrift

What's remarkable about the postwar era is the speed and depth of Western Europe’s recovery. But do its problems today come from pushing the accomplishments too far?

May 4, 2015

Article

Blackballed

Pinckney's short history deals with basic things—Reconstruction, Ku Klux Klan terrorism, crude political machinations like Plessy v Ferguson—white people can forget.

By Don Wycliff

May 4, 2015

Article

Knowing Jesus

When we affirm that Jesus is true God of true God, that must be understood absolutely. When we affirm Jesus is true man, that too must be understood absolutely.

By Jerry Ryan

May 4, 2015

Religious Life

Spirituality

Theology

Article

'Effie Gray' & 'Cinderella'

Emma Thompson has descried fairy-tale possibilities in the facts of Effie Gray's story; Kenneth Branagh does moderately well with an expedient "Cinderella."

By Richard Alleva

May 4, 2015

Movies

Article

The Young T.E. Lawrence

The pro-British kings archeologist-turned-spy-turned-colonel T.E. Lawrence helped establish in Arabia, Iraq, and Transjordan made "Arab unity" a "madman's notion."

April 30, 2015

Muslim-Christian Relations

Profiles

Terrorism

War and Peace

Article

Polemics around climate change issue are Catholic polemics as well

Does the Earth Have Rights?

By Robin Darling Young

April 30, 2015

Article

Life After Faith

Is humanity better or worse off believing in the sacred? Kitcher has not provided new reasons for declaring the death of God, but he certainly makes it seem foolish.

By Gordon Marino

April 30, 2015

U.S. Catholicism

Secularism and Modernity

Article

Last Word: Senioritis

Often the way our society treats "senior citizens" assumes that as bodies age, individuality decreases. But aren't whiskers and white socks a sign of unique wisdom?

By Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill

April 30, 2015

Article

Held to Account

Kansas City Catholics have been wondering whether Robert Finn would be replaced with a bishop who would put the safety of children first. They now have their answer.

By The Editors

April 28, 2015

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May 15, 2015

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Common Hells, Private Heavens

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Beyond the Abortion Wars

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Poem | The Flamingo

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Spare the Rod

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Poem | Some Octaves on Holy Orders

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A Continent Adrift

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Blackballed

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Knowing Jesus

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'Effie Gray' & 'Cinderella'

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The Young T.E. Lawrence

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Does the Earth Have Rights?

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Life After Faith

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Last Word: Senioritis

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