Magazine

May 3, 2019

v.146 n.8

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Gather ’Round

Slow-paced and built on wildly imaginative premises, Karen Russell’s short stories teach us to approach life’s vicissitudes with curiosity, compassion, and delight.

By Katherine Lucky

April 27, 2019

Fiction

Article

The Critic as Photobomber

In his new book, art critic T. J. Clark examines works by Giotto, Bruegel, Poussin, and Veronese. But his arguments are overburdened by self-analysis.

By Ingrid D. Rowland

April 26, 2019

Arts

Theology

Secularism and Modernity

Article

Elegy Season

Say what you will about critic Harold Bloom. He has loved literature deeply—and that love is, even in the face of death, a life-giving force.

April 24, 2019

Article

Untranslatable or Unrelatable?

Ours is a materialistic society with luxuries of individual autonomy and self-esteem. How could we think the way the Bible does, or aim where it aims?

By Sarah Ruden

April 23, 2019

Theology

Spirituality

Poetry

Feature

Anyway in Spring

He’s got the crazy light about him that he had in the beginning. Before cancer. When everything that he said startled her.

April 21, 2019

Article

The Risks of History

Paradigm changes can retain significant continuity the past, even as they initiate fundamental changes. Vatican II was just such a shift.

By George Dennis O’Brien

April 16, 2019

Vatican II

Secularism and Modernity

Theology

Pope Francis

Article

On the Brink

Beneath the razzle-dazzle of Qatar lurks something more sinister: serious restrictions on the rights of religious minorities, workers, and women.

By Thomas Albert Howard

April 10, 2019

Muslim-Christian Relations

Middle East

Foreign Affairs

Article

Benedict’s Untimely Meditation

His 2019 essay departs not only from the current pope’s analysis of the sex-abuse crisis, but also from that of almost everyone else who has studied it.

December 29, 2022

Article

‘One of Those Serious Women’

The new collection of Andrea Dworkin’s writings is an exhilarating reminder that however you’re currently doing feminism, it’s probably wrong.

By Dorothy Fortenberry

April 29, 2019

Sexuality

Secularism and Modernity

Abortion

Gender

Article

The Redemption of Raymond Carver

Thirty years after the death of Raymond Carver, a new appraisal of his work reveals the writer’s openness to grace and redemption.

By William Giraldi

April 23, 2019

Fiction

Spirituality

Secularism and Modernity

Article

Poem | Dominic Savio

I perceived your sweetness from your haloed portrait / on the prayer card.

By Wally Swist

April 22, 2019

Poetry

Spirituality

Article

Locke’s answer is on the side of the angels.

Letters | Racism, anti-Semitism

By The Editors

April 22, 2019

Letters

Article

The Other Place

A new book describes everything one could wish to know about Hell: fire, brimstone, and boiling oil, but also the history of the idea across religions.

April 22, 2019

Article

Netanyahu’s Enablers

At this point, no one should expect Netanyahu to deviate from the hard line that has helped him make history. Peace in the region now seems even more remote.

By The Editors

April 17, 2019

Jewish-Christian Relations

Donald Trump

Foreign Affairs

Article

An Interview with Carolyn Forché

Poet, editor, translator, and human-rights activist Carolyn Forché speaks about Óscar Romero, Liberation Theology, and the Catholic Church in El Salvador.

April 12, 2019

Article

Why Criticizing the EU Isn’t Always Wrong

As the EU parliamentary elections approach, it’s worth examining the confederation’s real structural flaws: its arcane rules work for some, but not for all.

April 11, 2019

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Envisioning the Afterlife

What is the afterlife? How do we value lives different from our own? We can’t know what comes next, but philosophy urges us to confront the questions.

April 9, 2019

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