Tove Ditlevsen’s memoirs catalogue many relationships, but only one love affair: with narcotics.

New theological books include titles about Raymond E. Brown, Communion and Liberation, and St. Teresa of Avila

The unforgivable sin of QAnon is not only its inability to withstand scrutiny, but also its pretension of omniscience.

Documenting the art and culture produced during the first decades of the Cold War

Robert Lax was many things: a mystic, a poet, a world traveler, and a convert from Judaism to Catholicism who valued both traditions.

John Ghazvinian discusses the long history of Iranian-American relations, and how it can inform our present foreign policy with Iran.

Caryll Houselander drew on her artistic sense and keen observation of suffering to develop a spirituality of Christocentric compassion.

The 2020 Booker Prize–winning novel possesses a redemptive quality that rises above its episodes of negligence, anger, and sectarianism.

We all have a moral obligation to provide detainees with humane conditions regardless of where they come from or why they left.

State and local tax deductions disproportionately favor the wealthy. So why do Democrats support them?

A Church of authentic synodality, which walks together, listens, and brings mercy to all we encounter, is one that never forgets our wounded parts.

There are still substantial structural barriers to getting vaccines to more people.

The political aims of the Left cannot be effectively advanced if our crisis of social belonging and identity is neglected.

A new introduction to William James illuminates his philosophy and struggles with mental health.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s irresponsible behavior has only worsened the pandemic’s effects in India.

More worrisome than Cheney’s removal from GOP leadership is what it reveals about the hardening anti-democratic core of the Republican party.

When it comes to designing federal family policy, simpler is better.