Article Mushroom as Metaphor Ecological systems—fungi in particular—provide a way to consider interdependence and relationships outside of competition and neoliberalism.By Vincent MillerJuly 28, 2021 Environment Philosophy Social Justice
Article No Turning Back Where Christians can agree with the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, and where they can’t.By David Bentley HartJuly 14, 2021 Theology Philosophy Book Essay
Article Captives of Habit A new introduction to William James illuminates his philosophy and struggles with mental health.By Gordon MarinoMay 23, 2021 Books Philosophy
Article A Serious Man Charles Péguy’s writing rethought the very terms available to describe experience, the visible and vanishing foundations of living. By Jack HansonMay 3, 2021 Philosophy Nonfiction Book Essay
Article Minds Without Brains? AI has not yet lived up to its hype, but there is already cause for concern about its influence.By John W. FarrellApril 5, 2021 Secularism and Modernity Philosophy
Article Last Men and Women Nietzsche was wrong about liberal democracy. Was he right about the kind of people it might produce?By George ScialabbaMarch 25, 2021 Secularism and Modernity Philosophy
PoliticsVisionary Gradualist Pressure To Michael Harrington, socialism was the idea of a society in which certain fundamental limitations of human existence are transcended.By Gary DorrienSeptember 8, 2021
ReligionA Beautiful Day, A Horrible Event From the archives: Faith in the Resurrection does not cancel out what happens on the cross; the cross is its beginning.By John GarveySeptember 11, 2021
ReligionThe Limits of ‘Traditionis Custodes’ Anti–Vatican II traditionalism won’t just disappear by papal fiat.By Massimo FaggioliSeptember 2, 2021
CultureThe Same Anew The poet Donald Revell believes that seeing—true seeing, ecstatic seeing—is the poet’s real task.By Anthony DomesticoSeptember 2, 2021
CultureThere Ought to Be a Law The law is one thing, morality another. Conflating them flattens our public morality into a deadening binary.By Matthew BoudwayMay 24, 2021
BooksLearning What to Want Not all aesthetic consumption is equal, and developing the ability to judge the art we encounter can help transform us.By Nate KlugSeptember 8, 2021
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
