Feature Christ at the Assembly Line Simone Weil went into the factory to find out more about the social conditions of the modern worker in capitalism. Instead, she found Jesus Christ.By Costică BrădăţanJanuary 8, 2023 Religion Politics Social Justice Poverty
Feature Two Sides of Dignity By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.By Costică BrădăţanNovember 2, 2022 Philosophy Culture Books
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 BrădăţanMay 18, 2022 History War and Peace
Article A Happy Contrarian A new collection of interviews with René Girard offers insight into the complexity of his ideas and the process through which he came to them.By Costică BrădăţanMarch 12, 2021 Philosophy Nonfiction
Article A Soft Spot for Atheism Atheism is too serious a business to be left to the unbelievers. Unbelief needs the believer’s reflecting gaze to better understand itself.By Costică BrădăţanJune 8, 2020 Secularism and Modernity Nonfiction Theology Philosophy
Article Inescapable Influence Whether we like it or not, we in the West inhabit a world that remains structured by Christian assumptions and informed by Christian ideas.By Costică BrădăţanSeptember 30, 2019 Theology Philosophy Secularism and Modernity
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