Emma McDonald

Emma McDonald is a doctoral candidate in Theological Ethics at Boston College.

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Entering the Chaos

Maureen O’Connell’s book examines American Catholic anti-Blackness, using her own family’s history as a starting point.

By Emma McDonald

May 19, 2022

U.S. Catholicism

Article

The Empowerment Trap

The documentary LuLaRich shows how the LuLaRoe multilevel-marketing scheme preyed on women’s desire to balance careers with families.

By Emma McDonald

January 6, 2022

Article

Listening to the Laity

If the church wants to help laypeople make informed decisions about their reproductive choices, it needs to listen more deeply to their concrete experiences

By Emma McDonald

November 27, 2018

Must Reads

Politics

Just Call It Fascism

The thinly veiled fascism of Russian “philosopher” Alexander Dugin has attracted right-wing attention and admiration.

By Matt McManus

November 27, 2022

Religion

Call It ‘Exculturation’

We're seeing an unbinding of the deep affinity between representations of culture and Catholic culture. How did Catholicism come to be seen as the enemy?

By Massimo Faggioli

December 19, 2022

Culture

Too Casual?

Christine Emba calls for a new sexual ethic, a rethinking of sex down to its roots. But her effort to develop an alternative ultimately disappoints.

By Daniel Walden

December 4, 2022

Books

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 Brădăţan

November 2, 2022

Collections

The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI

A collection of Commonweal’s writings on the life and legacy of Pope Benedict XVI.

January 1, 2023

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