Magazine

June 2, 2017

v.144 n.10

Article

Tangled Up in Bob

That nasally snarl, that gravelly croak, that rock grinder in his larynx; Dylan’s voice is an American river: stony, deep, muddy

By Pete Candler

May 26, 2017

Music

Publia (Poplia) the Confessor and Deaconess of Antioch / Menologion of Basil II

Article

Not a Novelty

The Eastern Orthodox case for deaconesses

By Carrie Frederick Frost

May 18, 2017

Women in the Church

Theology

Article

Nose to the Glass

The Met Cloisters is a place of grand gestures—but at this particular exhibit, we observers are taking time to see the small

By Katherine Lucky

May 11, 2017

Arts

Article

Negotiating Surrender

In ‘The End of White Christian America,’ Robert P. Jones captures people moving from denial to acceptance of the passing of Christianity’s dominance

By Michael Peppard

May 24, 2017

Secularism and Modernity

Books

U.S. Catholicism

Article

How had I come to think that I would find solace on a route marked by swords?

The Hardest Blessing

By Rebecca Collins

May 22, 2017

Spirituality

Article

Three Poems by Jack Lindeman

"It was there / always and ever / and I had not seen it"

By Jack Lindeman

May 22, 2017

Poetry

Article

Letters | Policing the Communion line, security theater, etc.

Readers respond to rules about the communion line, Catholic universities, the liberal reaction to political resentment, and airport security nightmares

By The Editors

May 22, 2017

Letters

Poetry

First Archery Lesson

"a February rain / has soaked the grass / and the hay bales / no one shooting but me"

By Ellen Cooney

May 22, 2017

Poetry

Two Poems by Michael Cadnum

"A ricochet, / she races, lingers, / hurries to be forgotten"

By Michael Cadnum

May 22, 2017

Poetry

Article

An Illegal Immigrant

How my family was allowed to come to the United States, despite our Jewish origins

By John Tytell

May 22, 2017

Immigration

Domestic Affairs

Article

Six & Six

You either throw a teary-eyed party for Father Wonderful, or you tell Father Nightmare to beat it out the back door

By Fr. Nonomen

May 22, 2017

Columnists

U.S. Catholicism

Priesthood

CNS Photo / Karen Callaway, Chicago Catholic

Article

Cardinal Blase Cupich on the Signs of the Times

Why Cardinal Bernardin deserves a fresh hearing

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

May 19, 2017

Bishops

Social Justice

U.S. Catholicism

Article

The Dean Looks Back

Mark Roche’s book is relevant to the discussion of the woes of Catholic higher education over the past 50 years, but it has ambitions beyond this discussion

May 18, 2017

Article

Religion Booknotes: Summer 2017

Luke Timothy Johnson reviews books on (perhaps) the world's oldest church, evolution and the Bible, the fear of God, and the relations between different monotheisms

By Luke Timothy Johnson

May 18, 2017

Books

Theology

Ecumenism