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January 2020

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American Universities Abroad

The global university may model a path toward reason in the age of Twitter. But dogmatism still has its champions, here and abroad.

By George Dennis O’Brien

January 13, 2020

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Pilgrims

Had I known before that the greatest gift of the road was the love of another human being? Of course I had. But I had not fully understood.

January 10, 2020

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The New Abbess

A visit to the Trappistines of Mount St. Mary’s in rural Massachusetts provides hope and joy in dark times.

By Andrew J. Bacevich

January 9, 2020

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Philosopher in the Ring

What can boxing teach us about the good life? Gordon Marino riffs on Sartre, Kierkegaard, and Camus, finding that in order to save our lives, we must risk loving.

January 8, 2020

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Misenchantment

Mammon has seduced us. The only true path of resistance to capitalism’s destructive energies is one that leads away from the logic of markets.

By David Bentley Hart

January 6, 2020

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No-Bullshit Spirituality

Even for the skeptic, pilgrimage can offer an opportunity for self-discovery and contemplation.

January 3, 2020

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Money Well Spent

The multi-billionaire spent hundreds of millions of dollars from his immense personal fortune to leverage his influence as mayor.

By Paul Moses

January 2, 2020

Election 2020

Economy

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A Harmful Doctrine

The Catholic teaching about gay people is not just an error. It’s a barrier to compelling political witness.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

December 30, 2019

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Not a Sham

The impeachment of Donald Trump is no “sham.” In fact, it is a duty: a necessary expression of fidelity to the first principles of our Constitution.

By The Editors

December 19, 2019

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Afghanistan Forever?

If American men and women were being drafted to fight in Afghanistan, there is not the slightest possibility the war would have dragged on for eighteen years.

December 18, 2019

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Waking the Giants

For progressive DAs, being ‘tough on crime’ is a thing of the past. They’re rejecting Trump’s politics of fear in favor of fairness, rehabilitation, and community.

By Regina Munch

December 17, 2019

Social Justice

Poverty

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Hunger Isn’t Productive

The Trump administration’s decision to cut SNAP benefits isn’t just stupid. It’s cruel. Ignoring the real conditions of poverty is a grave moral error.

December 16, 2019

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Zombie Flick

A parasite is a homemaker, living in its host. In Bong Joon-ho’s new film it could be property, capital, commercialized art and artifice, or all of them together.

By Hannah Gold

December 14, 2019

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On the Edges of Empire

Guadalupe began as a paradoxical figure, both symbol of indigenous faith and tool of colonialist oppression. Now, she demands we listen to the poor and marginalized.

By Timothy Matovina

Despite the affinity many feel for Pope Francis, real change and growth in the church must come from the local level.

January 8, 2020

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Poems | ‘Compagni’ & ‘History’

You can work it for all you’re worth but it will still be / whatever it is...

By Brian Swann

December 30, 2019

Poetry

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It would be interesting to spend some time at Barr’s parish to see what gospel is preached there.

Letters | Scandinavian social programs, defending indigenous land & Barr’s micro-morality

By The Editors

December 30, 2019

Letters

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Books in Brief

Books about the American political divide, medieval monastic life, and the vicissitudes of mental illness are on our nightstands this month.

Every crusade was both more and less than a religious war. No one had a monopoly on brutality, and economic motivations mattered as much as religious ones.

December 9, 2019

Muslim-Christian Relations

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Controlling the Narrative

How did mainstream American Christianity became intellectually respectable and modern? The critical study of post-biblical Christianity played a key role.

By Michael J. Hollerich

October 7, 2019

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