Joseph Amar

Joseph Amar is Emeritus Professor of Christianity in the Middle East at the University of Notre Dame.

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Your Lebanon & Mine

In Lebanon, hyperinflation, an influx of refugees, and complete political collapse have created a dangerous crisis.

August 10, 2021

Foreign Affairs

Article

‘Women Are Proclaiming the Word’

While St. Ephrem of Syria did not explicitly call for ordination of women to the diaconate, he envisioned radical equality between the sexes in ministry.

July 21, 2020

Women in the Church

Synod on the Amazon

Article

St. Ephrem’s Lament

The territory along the Syrian-Turkish border is the ancestral homeland of an ancient tradition of Aramaic-speaking Christianity. They’ve been betrayed before.

November 19, 2019

Foreign Affairs

Must Reads

Politics

Double Standards

African nations face what appears to be a double standard, which has made them skeptical of the promise of real international criminal justice.

By Fernando C. Saldivar

July 28, 2022

Religion

‘Natural Enemies’ No More

John T. McGreevy on the history of the papacy’s relationship with democracy.

By John T. McGreevy

July 24, 2022

Culture

My Mother’s Honeymoon

“The country of my parents’ romance was located in the territory whose borders were Rome to the East and Hollywood to the West.”

July 26, 2022

Books

Strict Account

Bernardine Evaristo’s ‘Manifesto’ offers a clear, spirited account of the author’s experience as a biracial woman in the publishing world.

By Valerie Sayers

July 23, 2022

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Faith & the LGBTQ Community

Commonweal writers explore the intersection of faith, politics, aesthetics, and the LGBTQ community.

June 21, 2022

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