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August 10, 2018

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Religion Booknotes

The latest installment in a series of reviews on new titles in religion, the Exodus, and Martin Luther

By Luke Timothy Johnson

August 15, 2018

Books

Theology

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The Idolatry of Home

A new book by Roger Scruton casts Brexit as a debate over two different conceptions of home

By Paul J. Griffiths

August 7, 2018

Article

Labor’s Existential Crisis

The Catholics on the Supreme Court, along with some bishops, neglect church teaching on social justice, collective bargaining, and the dignity of labor

By Joseph A. McCartin

July 23, 2018

Domestic Affairs

U.S. Catholicism

Social Justice

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Finding Our Way

Even if the debates over Humanae Vitae are not my generation’s, we’re still living with some of the same issues regarding the potential consequences.

August 12, 2018

Feature

A Choreography of Praise

A profile of the Irish poet Micheal O’Siadhail, whose dancing lines sing the joy and jazz of creation.

August 6, 2018

Article

Under Pressure

A new book on how social and economic institutions have shaped millennials poses questions for churches that wish to build a more humane way of living together

By John Thornton Jr.

August 1, 2018

Spirituality

Books

Secularism and Modernity

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Such ‘eminently human’ love...is able to enrich the expressions of the body and of the spirit with a peculiar dignity and ennoble them as elements and special signs of conjugal friendship.

Responses to ‘Humanae vitae’

By The Editors

July 30, 2018

Letters

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Ode: Yes, Lord, But Not Yet

Serve my few guests the feast that doesn’t fatten / Let them say Kyrie / in Greek and let you pray / Missa pro defunctis for me in Latin

By Timothy Murphy

July 30, 2018

Poetry

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Friendship Seconded

Stevie, what can we hope to do this fall / when tree rows are ablaze / on sunny maple days / and from the corn the hungry roosters call?

By Timothy Murphy

July 30, 2018

Poetry

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Sick

As more Americans consider health care a right, Trump’s appointees and congressional allies are quietly dismantling the safety net that protects millions

By The Editors

July 26, 2018

Domestic Affairs

Social Justice

Editorial

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A New Left?

Instead of shifting all Democrats leftwards, Ocasio-Cortez’s primary win broadens the progressive coalition and bolsters the health of democracy

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

July 18, 2018

Domestic Affairs

Election 2018

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A Saint Born of Blood

A new book characterizes her as disagreeable and derivative, but in truth, it’s her difficulty that made me fall in love with her

June 27, 2018

Feature

The Right Man for the Job

A look back at Wim Wenders’s oeuvre reveals his attentiveness to human fragility, and his abounding faith that broken lives can be repaired

June 21, 2018

Secularism and Modernity

Article

Letter from Ireland

For supporters of repeal in the Irish abortion referendum, the vote signified both a corrective to authority and a path forward for a contemporary country

By Christopher Budzisz

June 18, 2018

Foreign Affairs

Secularism and Modernity

Abortion

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Could the Church Take a Risk?

After Ireland, maybe the Church could facilitate difficult moral conversations that engage people caught in today’s bewildering flux of sex and relationships

By Cathleen Kaveny

June 11, 2018

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August 10, 2018

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Religion Booknotes

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The Idolatry of Home

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Labor’s Existential Crisis

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Finding Our Way

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A Choreography of Praise

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Under Pressure

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Responses to ‘Humanae vitae’

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Ode: Yes, Lord, But Not Yet

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Friendship Seconded

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Sick

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A New Left?

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A Saint Born of Blood

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The Right Man for the Job

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Letter from Ireland

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Could the Church Take a Risk?

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