Religion
Darwin’s Tree of Life
An exclusive excerpt from Elizabeth A. Johnson's forthcoming book, 'Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love.'
Letters | Passing on the Faith, Married Priests
Readers continue to respond to two of our most talked-about stories.
The Last Word: The Crewcut
One day in elementary school a boy on the playground punched a nun in the belly. His name was Billy and her name was Marie. It was an accident.
American Innocence
'The Irony of American History' shines a klieg light on the so-called war on terror and the current debate over the operations of our “national security state."
'Duck Dynasty,' Meet Pope Francis
When even the pope wonders aloud whether it's appropriate for him to judge, you begin to see the difficulty of deciding what "true Christians" ought to believe.
Seeing as God Sees
Karen Kilby, Luke Timothy Johnson, and Bernard G. Prusak reassess Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life.'
What Is He Up To?
Our problems with 'The Tree of Life' are likewise problems with Malick’s peculiar cinematic language.
'The Use of Cinema to Do Theology'
There is no mistaking Malick’s theological intentions, nor for that matter the academic credentials he possesses to make such an effort.
'How All Things Fit Together'
One way of understanding Malick's film is as an attempt to present a vision of, precisely, everything.
Share & Share Alike
What does it mean to separate oneself entirely from the law’s precepts by embracing radical poverty as a form of life?
The Last Word: Skull & Bones
We moderns pay advanced planning counselors to avoid the fate of St. John of the Cross and to get us to our burial on time, but can we ever be sure it will work out?
The ACLU Takes on the Bishops
Contrary to popular belief, the USCCB does not have the power to tell individual bishops—or Catholic health-care systems—what to do and what not to do.
