Article Reading the Opposition Instead of hyperventilating about the decline of Western religious and political institutions, conservatives ought to help build them back up By Paul Baumann December 13, 2018 Secularism and Modernity LGBTQ issues Foreign Affairs U.S. Catholicism
Article ‘The Nun’s Story’ Revisited However much we may admire the austerities and asceticism of pre-Vatican II religious life, the film depicts a closed world to which we cannot return By Paul Baumann December 4, 2018 Movies Spirituality Religious Life Women in the Church
Article Why I Stay As I understand it, the church offers us a mediated relationship with Jesus, through the sacraments, and most profoundly in the Eucharist. By Paul Baumann November 19, 2018 Secularism and Modernity Vatican II U.S. Catholicism Spirituality Theology
Article Discovering Jean Donovan Nothing about Jean Donovan’s upbringing in a wealthy Connecticut suburb suggested that she would be a martyr in El Salvador By Paul Baumann November 19, 2018 Latin America Women in the Church Spirituality Foreign Affairs
Article Pilgrims & Progress John Winthrop’s famous 1630 sermon, cited as an American classic, celebrates neither rugged individualism nor American exceptionalism By Paul Baumann November 6, 2018 Domestic Affairs Books Secularism and Modernity Economy
Article Archbishop Viganò on Religious Liberty A close reading of a talk given by the former nuncio at Notre Dame in 2012 reveals his crude ideological motivations By Paul Baumann October 25, 2018 Contraception mandate Bishops Pope Francis Secularism and Modernity
