Magazine

October 2021

v.148 n.9

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Feature

First Contact

What would we have to fear—or learn—from an encounter with extraterrestrials?

By Santiago Ramos

February 14, 2023

Article

Silence & Contradiction

The poetry of San Juan de la Cruz forgets the familiar, easy, and convenient, slipping into darkness and unknowing to find God.

October 13, 2021

Article

The Way of the WASP

Cynthia Ozick’s latest book chronicles mid-century U.S. culture and the friction between WASP America and Jewish people.

By Benjamin Wilson

October 6, 2021

Books

Culture

Feature

‘Sops to Humanity’

Samuel Moyn’s new book demonstrates how a focus on war crimes has distracted us from the evil of war itself.

By Phil Klay

October 4, 2021

War and Peace

Nonfiction

Ethics

Article

Too Original

Sarah Ruden’s new translation of the Gospels is far from straightforward.

By Luke Timothy Johnson

October 3, 2021

Books

Theology

Feature

The Other Afghanistan

American attention on Afghanistan often neglects the material needs of ordinary Afghans, especially food security, which is now being threatened by climate change.

October 2, 2021

Article

Scrapping the Color Code

“We’ll never get beyond racism if we keep indulging the presumption that people of a particular color think alike, along color-coded lines.”

By Jim Sleeper

October 1, 2021

Race

Politics

Article

‘Always Together’

An excerpt from ‘Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis’

By Pope Francis

September 28, 2021

Pope Francis

Vatican II

Article

Reckoning with Guantánamo

The continued existence of Guantánamo Bay is unconscionable. So is the fact that it was ever opened in the first place.

By The Editors

September 28, 2021

War and Peace

Domestic Affairs

Article

Botching Biden’s Agenda

The popular bill is endangered by lobbyists and so-called centrists who care more about campaign donations than public opinion.

By Regina Munch

September 27, 2021

Joe Biden

Domestic Affairs

Article

The Travesty in Texas

People of goodwill, including those opposed to abortion, should condemn the Texas law and its bounty-hunter system of enforcement.

September 26, 2021

Article

Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

Biden’s vaccine mandate drew backlash from Republican governors but will help get the country back to work.

By Katie Daniels

September 24, 2021

Coronavirus

Joe Biden

Article

The Forever War Continues

The United States’s military interest in the Persian Gulf reflects an outdated status quo of oil dependence.

By Andrew J. Bacevich

September 20, 2021

Foreign Affairs

War and Peace

Middle East

Feature

Hope & Hesitancy

Italy faces a political and religious turning point in the upcoming years. Where will the country go from here?

By Massimo Faggioli

September 17, 2021

Vatican

Foreign Affairs

Article

Persuading Anti-vaxxers

What comparison captures both the individual and communal benefits of vaccines? Traffic laws.

By Michael Peppard

August 16, 2021

Coronavirus

Article

Internal Affairs

The unexpected history (and consequences) of our modern understanding of conscience

August 11, 2021

Article

Yours, Mine, or Ours

An exploration of fracking in rural Pennsylvania reveals the effects of individualism on ecosystems and communities.

July 3, 2021

Article

Love, Actively

As Dostoevsky sees it, divine grace enables humans to perform the work of justice: helping the weak and confronting the powerful.

June 22, 2021

Article

Arab Christians in the Holy Land

As Christians, we must love Israelis and Palestinians, and in the name of that love envision a language broad enough to promote the well-being of all.

By Nicholas Frankovich

June 13, 2021

Jewish-Christian Relations

Middle East

Interview

Foreign Affairs

Article

These mornings have been the most spiritually fruitful and fulfilling of our forty-four years together. No, there was no Eucharist, but God was in our midst.