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January 2021

v.148 n.1

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Article

Cicero Will Outlive Your Tweets

Why a “dead” language lives on

By Charles McNamara

January 18, 2021

Literature

Article

Theological Resistance

A new book explores how to build a “theological resistance” when political resistance is futile.

By Marcia Pally

January 16, 2021

Philosophy

Literature

Article

Religion Booknotes

New religious writing on the Book of Revelation, atheism, Maurice Blondel, and the adulteress saved by Christ.

By Luke Timothy Johnson

January 15, 2021

Theology

Books

Article

Apocalypse Now

A collection of essays by Elisa Gabbert explores how we respond collectively and individually to tragedy.

January 10, 2021

Article

The One Missing Fact

In reporting one of the biggest stories to hit the Catholic Church in recent years, EWTN was neither reliable nor accurate.

By Paul Moses

January 7, 2021

U.S. Catholicism

Politics

Article

‘Our Eucharist Is a Feast’

Both simple and profound, liturgical inculturation reflects the reality that liturgy has always drawn on local cultures.

By Rita Ferrone

January 5, 2021

Latin America

Pope Francis

Article

Public Health v. Culture War

Measures to restrict Mass attendance in a pandemic can be imperfect without being unconstitutional.

January 4, 2021

Article

Pandemic Parenting

“For my kids, using their imaginations isn’t just a way to pass the time; it’s a spiritual survival strategy, one that just might help us parents survive, too.”

By Burke Nixon

January 3, 2021

Arts

Spirituality

Web Exclusive

Article

The Bundist Rabbi

An organized pursuit of justice is both Michael Feinberg’s work and his passion.

By Fran Quigley

January 2, 2021

Social Justice

Jewish-Christian Relations

Politics

Article

Without God or Reason

Two new collections of Albert Camus’ work reveal the foundations of his future writing.

By Morten Høi Jensen

January 1, 2021

Nonfiction

Philosophy

Article

Hurricane Quebecois

Who is a freedom fighter and who is a terrorist—and who gets to decide?

By Rand Richards Cooper

December 30, 2020

Movies

Article

Lame-Duck Executions

If all goes as scheduled, President Trump will have presided over more executions than any president in more than a century.

By Regina Munch

December 29, 2020

Death and Dying

Donald Trump

Article

A Christian in the Office of Constitutional Judge

Is it possible for a Catholic jurist to work within the framework of a liberal democracy?

By Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde

December 28, 2020

Secularism and Modernity

Ethics

Abortion

Article

Experiments in Living

What does freedom look like in a pandemic year?

By Santiago Ramos

December 22, 2020

Literature

Coronavirus

Article

Only a Down Payment

The $900 billion pandemic assistance package comes none too soon. But it also comes up far too short for vulnerable Americans.

By The Editors

December 21, 2020

Economy

Coronavirus

Domestic Affairs

Article

France’s War on Terror

Years of Islamist attacks show the problem is real and nuanced—but the Macron government continues to play politics with its response.

By Cole Stangler

December 16, 2020

Foreign Affairs

Muslim-Christian Relations

Terrorism

Article

What Screens Can’t Show

Absent-minded observation falls short when we are confronted with Gerhard Richter’s Birkenau paintings.

December 11, 2020

Article

An Ambrose of Our Own

Our current system of choosing bishops discounts the laity and local priests in favor of patronage from above. That must change.

By Nicholas P. Cafardi

December 9, 2020

Bishops

Clericalism

Article

Fueled by Contempt

Mary Gordon’s new novel explores a very different kind of character—a less contemplative, more spiteful one.

By Tom Deignan

January 13, 2021

Literature

Politics

Article

A New Cardinal in D.C.

“We’ve now got an opportunity to at least come to the table.”

December 25, 2020

Article

The Patriarchy Gets Lucky

A new account of the Cuban Missile Crisis highlights the role of sheer luck in averting nuclear war.

By Andrew J. Bacevich

December 25, 2020

War and Peace

Nonfiction

Article

Over the centuries the “leaven of the gospel” has deepened our awareness of how this search is to be undertaken: “the truth cannot impose itself except by virtue of its own truth.”