Matthew Sitman

Article

Letting ‘Amoris laetitia’ Be Heard

A gathering in Boston gave a sense of what Pope Francis’s vision of the church in ‘Amoris laetitia’ might actually look like

By Matthew Sitman

October 16, 2017

Pope Francis

U.S. Catholicism

Theology

Feature

Saving Calvin from Clichés

Marilynne Robinson's engagement with Calvin remains essential for our own self-understanding as inhabitants of a world he helped create

By Matthew Sitman

October 5, 2017

Ecumenism

Secularism and Modernity

Books

Article

Song without a Story

How does Terrence Malick’s ‘Song to Song’ manage to hit all the wrong notes?

By Matthew Sitman

March 29, 2017

Movies

Music

Article

Gossip & Insight

Edmund White knew that writers were most compelling when exploring a subject they were of two minds about: when they could see it from one angle, then another.

December 15, 2018

Article

Liberalism and the Catholic Left

I want to make liberalism’s formal proposals a substantive reality. That entails going beyond its own modest requirements

By Matthew Sitman

December 3, 2018

Secularism and Modernity

Philosophy

Book Essay

Article

A Measure of Hope

The midterm elections show that democracy is still very much alive in the United States; but the Democrats need to offer messaging adequate to the moment

November 7, 2018

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