More research is needed to define Teilhard’s moral vision, especially as we consider the needs of the oppressed, outcast, and differently abled.

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I may never fully understand why a benevolent God permits suffering, but I am steadied by his firsthand experience of it

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s extravagant new film offers a stark contrast between authoritarian brutality and the indomitable artistic spirit

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Ben Sasse champions rooted community and self-reliance: though some readers might find him insufficiently attentive to systemic inequities

Will the United States ever escape its racist history? With so much yet to be done, don’t forget or underestimate what has worked

We make choices and decisions every day. Stories about living and reliving your life over and over allow us to see which of them are really consequential

… synod hall by the end of last week’s Vatican abuse summit, with talk of a new resolve and … leaders were becoming crusaders against child abuse, a shift that was especially notable … who represents a group called Ending Clergy Abuse . Yet if “zero tolerance”—a phrase with …

American antitrust policymakers and judges have let large firms stifle competition. Tim Wu, a "neo-Brandeisian," thinks the time has come to fight back.