Jeff Reimer

Feature

Images of the Invisible God

When considering images of God, both the Orthodox and the Reformed traditions have handed on a valuable sense of restraint.

By Jeff Reimer

January 27, 2022

Arts

Spirituality

Theology

Article

Giving the Sickness a Name

For the novelist Walker Percy, acedia was not just an arcane spiritual malady but a widespread, distinctly modern phenomenon.

By Jeff Reimer

July 7, 2021

Secularism and Modernity

Culture

Spirituality

Article

What Comes After

Auden’s epic Christmas poem helps us negotiate the post-holiday shift from the transcendent to the quotidian.

By Jeff Reimer

December 25, 2020

Poetry

Spirituality

Must Reads

Politics

Child Labor Isn’t in the Past

We can’t afford to play dumb as labor protections fail and disappear. Treating children like cheap labor costs too much.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

August 6, 2023

Religion

Opus Dei’s Ordinary Secularity

In a new history of Opus Dei, two senior members celebrate the group’s embrace of ordinary life.

By Daniele Palmer

August 4, 2023

Culture

Barbie the Existentialist

Stereotypical Barbie is everything, which is another way of saying that she is nothing.

By Santiago Ramos

August 25, 2023

Books

Is Ethics Like Math?

A new biography of philosopher Derek Parfit explains the eccentric philosopher's quest to find a legitimate secular moral theory.

By Frank B. Farrell

August 17, 2023

Collections

Pope Francis at Ten Years

A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.

By The Editors

March 12, 2023