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May 2022

v.149 n.5

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Feature

After Christendom

French authors Jean-Luc Marion and Chantal Delsol address the future of Catholicism in a post-Christian society.

By Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt

May 19, 2022

Secularism and Modernity

Theology

Philosophy

Article

Entering the Chaos

Maureen O’Connell’s book examines American Catholic anti-Blackness, using her own family’s history as a starting point.

May 19, 2022

Article

The Only Way to Stand It

Tadeusz Borowski’s ‘Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories’ explores the complex social, political, and intellectual climate of Nazi Germany.

By Costică Brădăţan

May 18, 2022

History

War and Peace

Article

The Sorrowful & the Glorious

“It was important that I forgive her and all my former torturers because they were repositories of my childhood, living rosaries of shared, idiosyncratic memories.”

By Sharon Mesmer

May 14, 2022

The Last Word

Article

Half the Story

John McWhorter spies a new religion. But his argument against “wokism” resists complexity and downplays the forces the woke aim to combat.

May 12, 2022

Feature

Why India Needs Fewer Farmers

The most fundamental forces causing ongoing changes in agriculture in India are the same in every nation on the planet, and they are irreversible.

By Daniel K. Finn

May 11, 2022

Foreign Affairs

Economy

Feature

Counter-Spells

The intersection of the sacred and the profane in hip-hop reminds us of our common humanity.

May 10, 2022

Article

Seen as They Are

Inspired by the Welsh artist Gwen John, Celia Paul—one of England’s leading painters—reflects on the candor and vulnerability required for great portrait painting.

By Celia Paul

May 9, 2022

Arts

Spirituality

Nonfiction

Article

Our True Identity

Mark McIntosh kept the connection between theology and spirituality front and center through mystical theology.

By Robert P. Imbelli

May 5, 2022

Theology

Nonfiction

Article

‘At Least Take the Bodies’

Russia’s refusal to repatriate its unburied dead underscores the inhumanity of the Putin regime.

May 4, 2022

Feature

A Whip of Cords

How Christians have used the story of Christ and the money changers as a justification for violence

By Phil Klay

May 2, 2022

War and Peace

Arts

Religion

Feature

An Antidote to Despair

Liberation theology shaped Paul Farmer’s quest to make medicine more human.

April 28, 2022

Article

Rome on Mission

Pope Francis’ reform of the Roman Curia is another step towards a synodal Church.

By Austen Ivereigh

April 27, 2022

Vatican

Pope Francis

Article

A Ceasefire in Yemen

The United States has contributed to the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen. We have a moral duty to make sure that children do not starve there as a result.

By Regina Munch

April 26, 2022

War and Peace

Middle East