Article ‘Eve Country’ The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has once again shifted international perceptions of Japan.By Charles De WolfAugust 9, 2022 Japan Letters Foreign Affairs Asia
Article False Choices Defending Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb misrepresents both history and moral decision-making. By John Schwenkler & Mark SouvaOctober 14, 2020 Japan War and Peace Foreign Affairs
Article Saved by the Bomb? The complexity of the decision to drop the atom bomb forces us to grapple with our principles and priorities.By Paul BaumannOctober 8, 2020 War and Peace Foreign Affairs Japan
Article The God of Silence Stark, spare and harrowing, Shusaku's 'Silence' challenges our understanding of martyrdom and probes the mystery of the Incarnation. By William CavanaughMarch 27, 2019 From the Archives Japan Books
Article Japan and Christianity The spread of Christianity in 1930's Japan meets with strong resistance, both political and cultural. By J. AufhauserMarch 1, 1933 Japan
PoliticsHow Not to Defend Liberalism Technocratic neoliberalism is not the rightful heir of the liberal tradition, but an anti-democratic distortion of it.By Alexander SternSeptember 14, 2023
ReligionBringing Mass to a Migrant Camp “In a migrant camp, liturgy is an act of bricolage.”By Susan Bigelow ReynoldsSeptember 1, 2023
CultureDancing Around Death A new exhibit brings together Tibetan Buddhist and European Christian art, inviting visitors to ponder their ambivalence surrounding death.By Xiao SituSeptember 14, 2023
BooksHelen Keller, Christian Socialist Helen Keller's public image is benignly inspiring. A new book digs into her identity as a radical Leftist whose politics were rooted in her faith.By Nick TaborSeptember 13, 2023
CollectionsConfronting Climate Change Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.By The EditorsSeptember 20, 2021