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December 15, 2017

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Wonders Never Cease

How the modern period arose and how it has become another era, and in need of another name

By Marilynne Robinson

December 11, 2017

Secularism and Modernity

Theology

Spirituality

Article

The Bishops Hand Pope Francis a Loss

What framework will the church use to understand its commitment to defending life without getting boxed in by a two-party political culture?

November 16, 2017

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Share This Protest

While the horizontal nature of social media can be a solution to the problem of state- or elite-controlled media, it presents problems of its own

By Regina Munch

November 6, 2017

Books

Foreign Affairs

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Make America Keynesian Again

A popular history that tackles tough issues of economic history and economic theory

By Charles K. Wilbur

December 9, 2017

Economy

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What Now?

The future, toward which hope is always oriented, seems bleak. But grace can break through

By The Editors

December 5, 2017

Poetry

Poem | Emmaus

"I run in oddly warm December air / and chase the orange, evanescent sun. Inhale, exhale (a runner’s form of prayer)"

By Susan Delaney Spear

December 4, 2017

Poetry

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Until All Are Welcome

In solidarity with my Lutheran brothers and sisters in Christ, I do not receive the Eucharist

By Cristina L. H. Traina

December 4, 2017

Ecumenism

U.S. Catholicism

Poetry

Poem | Ennui

“does he die again / when I die are we heartless / holding hostage / those we most want to see / in the flesh”

By Elisabeth Murawski

December 4, 2017

Poetry

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The Asylum to Our South

People fleeing to Mexico from extreme violence in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador face major obstacles

By Joseph Sorrentino

December 4, 2017

Latin America

Foreign Affairs

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‘She Lived to Read’

Elizabeth Hardwick could not conform, could not often like whatever her peers liked

By William H. Pritchard

December 4, 2017

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Letters | Modern poetry & religion

A reader replies to Anthony Domestico's article about art and theology, and the author responds

By The Editors

November 30, 2017

Letters

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Policing the Communion Line

Leading with mercy is a far more effective strategy

November 29, 2017

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Not So Great Escape

‘Novitiate’ cartoonishly construes the abbey as a prison

By Rand Richards Cooper

November 29, 2017

Movies

Religious Life

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What is the Basis for Human Equality?

One of the most fundamental American tenets—that all human beings are created equal—is nowhere near universally accepted

By Samuel Moyn

November 28, 2017

Secularism and Modernity

Ethics

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Lucky Me

I am going to try to worry less about the things I can’t do or be or create

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

November 28, 2017

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Religion Booknotes

Books that speak directly to believers about the experience of faith

By Luke Timothy Johnson

November 28, 2017

Theology

Books

Spirituality

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Delight Is Where the Mystery Lies

Anthony Domestico speaks with Alice McDermott about her new novel, the nature of time in Catholicism, and the best kind of reader

By Anthony Domestico

September 13, 2017

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