David Albertson

David Albertson is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California.

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American Paganism

The debate is not whether modern paganism is real, but where it lives, how it appears, and what it does. In contemporary politics, it's cruelty and violence.

February 3, 2020

Secularism and Modernity

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Politics

Reckoning with Guantánamo

The continued existence of Guantánamo Bay is unconscionable. So is the fact that it was ever opened in the first place.

By The Editors

September 28, 2021

Religion

‘Always Together’

An excerpt from ‘Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis’

By Pope Francis

September 28, 2021

Culture

In Awe of All People

The late John August Swanson’s ‘Procession’ reminds us that we all walk together, sharing our suffering and our happiness.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

September 30, 2021

Books

‘Sops to Humanity’

Samuel Moyn’s new book demonstrates how a focus on war crimes has distracted us from the evil of war itself.

By Phil Klay

October 4, 2021

Collections

Confronting Climate Change

Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.

By The Editors

September 20, 2021