Sexuality

The American Parish Today, part II

In this second special episode on the American parish today, we talk with three writers about their concrete proposals for creating more vibrant, hope-filled parish communities.

The American Parish Today

Liturgy

Sexuality

LGBTQ issues

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Is Everyone Female?

Andrea Long Chu’s chapbook, Females, raises questions of definition, submission, and power.

By Eve Tushnet

February 7, 2020

Article

‘Nodes of Intensity’

Garth Greenwell’s new novel plumbs the physicality of queer desire, even as it gestures at the transcendence and sacramentality of sexual experience.

January 16, 2020

Truth & Dignity

Journalist Michael O’Loughlin joins associate editor Matt Sitman for a behind-the-scenes conversation about his new podcast series “Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church.”

Article

Online Letters | A church in flux, & the last Beat

Readers discuss the anonymous article on abortion, annulments, the development of doctrine, and the work of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

By The Editors

December 10, 2019

Article

Letters | Divorce and remarriage in the early church

A reader takes issue with how David Bentley Hart interprets the historical record on divorce and remarriage in the church. Hart responds.

By The Editors

November 1, 2019

Sexuality

Theology

Must Reads

Politics

Good, but Not Good Enough

Joe Biden has adopted Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy plan, reversing his 2005 position. But even with it, will he be able to address the underlying causes of debt?

By Matt Mazewski

March 23, 2020

Religion

Against the Infernalists

David Bentley Hart’s book makes the case for universal salvation, arguing that a belief in eternal damnation is morally repugnant and theologically insupportable.

By Karen Kilby

March 16, 2020