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Article Can Sanctions Help Save Ukraine? A new book by Nicholas Mulder explores the limitations of sanctions throughout history. By David Cortright July 19, 2022 Ukraine International Books War and Peace
Article The Vagaries of God-Making The deification of powerful, sometimes oppressive, men has been present throughout human history and isn’t likely to stop anytime soon. By Nate Klug June 22, 2022 Books History Indigenous Peoples
Article Gogol or Hohol? In light of the recent events in Ukraine, an odd literary paternity suit has resurfaced. By John Rodden June 17, 2022 Ukraine Russia Books History
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Article What Does It Take Now? Michael Kazin’s new book explores the history of the world’s oldest mass political organization, the Democratic Party. By John T. McGreevy June 8, 2022 Politics History Books
Article Half the Story John McWhorter spies a new religion. But his argument against “wokism” resists complexity and downplays the forces the woke aim to combat. By Clifford Thompson May 12, 2022 racism Politics Books
Article Ordinary Wonders Kathryn Schulz’s memoir celebrates extraordinary, everyday occurrences By Kate Lucky April 13, 2022 Books Death and Dying
Article Escaping the Straitjacket Sarah Shortall explores the theological outcry against Nazi occupation and authoritarianism during World War II. By Peter Steinfels April 5, 2022 History Politics Books
Article The Evidence of Bugs Unseen What does a rational man do when others dismiss his “eminently reasonable” accounts of hurt and requests for help? By Susan McWilliams Barndt February 9, 2022 Books Nonfiction
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Article Putting Ourselves Together Again Kaya Oakes’s new book addresses the experiences of women on the margins or in “liminal spaces”—women who do not fit in. By Rebecca Bratten Weiss January 8, 2022 Women in the Church Gender Saints Books LGBTQ issues
Article Wars and Remembrance World War II has long been enshrined in American memory as the “Good War.” Reexamining this interpretation is a necessary task. By Andrew J. Bacevich December 21, 2021 War and Peace History Foreign Affairs Books
Article Clearing the Field Is it possible to talk about the moral aspect of sex in a way that does not put sexual harm at the center of the subject? By B. D. McClay December 21, 2021 Books Sexuality Culture
Article Christmas Critics 2021 Editors and contributors recommend books at the end of the year. By The Editors December 15, 2021 Nonfiction Fiction Books
Article 2021 Books in Review Our book columnist recommends some of his favorite books of the year. By Anthony Domestico December 14, 2021 Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Books
Article Should Philosophy Retire? Richard Rorty thought philosophy’s days were numbered and spent most of his career explaining why. By George Scialabba December 13, 2021 Philosophy Books
Article Encounters Between Equals The Guadalupe–Juan Diego encounter is an aesthetic experience that foregrounds the suffering and humanity of the downtrodden. By Timothy Matovina December 10, 2021 Books Theology Latin America
Article Revelatory Narratives These three authors offer stories that haven’t been given sufficient attention in traditional narratives. By Claudia Avila Cosnahan December 8, 2021 Books Latin America Gender Race Christmas Critics
Article ‘Steadier Than Before’ “It was still possible to cross the continent like a medieval pilgrim: travelling on foot, stopping at shrines, and supported by charity.” By Paul Elie December 1, 2021 Books Christmas Critics LGBTQ issues
Article Making Room for Happenstance David Graeber and David Wengrow explore how our ideas about prehistory are rooted more in modern speculation than in the ancient evidence. By Phil Christman November 19, 2021 Books History Culture
Article Still Supersessionist? Timothy P. Jackson considers the Shoah not just as a moral or political event, but as a theological one. By Brad East November 17, 2021 Books History Jewish-Christian Relations
Article The Way of the WASP Cynthia Ozick’s latest book chronicles mid-century U.S. culture and the friction between WASP America and Jewish people. By Benjamin Wilson October 6, 2021 Books Culture
Article Too Original Sarah Ruden’s new translation of the Gospels is far from straightforward. By Luke Timothy Johnson October 3, 2021 Books Theology
Article Visionary Gradualist Pressure To Michael Harrington, socialism was the idea of a society in which certain fundamental limitations of human existence are transcended. By Gary Dorrien September 8, 2021 Politics Culture Books
Article Stirring the Embers of Faith Biographer Richard Greene draws out the facts behind Graham Greene’s fictions. By Gerald J. Russello August 8, 2021 Books Culture Spirituality
Article Things Objects in a novel or story are created, chosen, and hand-delivered by the author, and as such they all quiver with meaning. By Alice McDermott August 7, 2021 Fiction Books The Last Word
Article ‘Show Me Your Dantes’ An excerpt from Randy Boyagoda’s forthcoming novel, ‘Dante’s Indiana’ By Randy Boyagoda August 6, 2021 Books Fiction Culture
Article Baseball, Journalism, and the Big New York City Novel An interview with Harper’s Magazine editor and novelist Christopher Beha By Rand Richards Cooper July 26, 2021 Books Sports Interview
Article Bio Hazards With both the highly anticipated arrival of Blake Bailey’s Philip Roth biography and what’s transpired since, it’s harder to know what to think—about either subject. By Dominic Preziosi July 19, 2021 biography Books
Article The Wanderer Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest novel paints a complicated portrait of a narrator burdened by regrets and lost opportunities. By Nicole-Ann Lobo July 15, 2021 Immigration Books Culture
Article Ancient, But Ever New Reading important texts in the original language is rarely a staid endeavor, but rather an unsettling intellectual challenge. By Cathleen Kaveny July 12, 2021 Books Culture Higher Education
Article Braced for Disappointment Tove Ditlevsen’s memoirs catalogue many relationships, but only one love affair: with narcotics. By Robert Rubsam June 24, 2021 Books Nonfiction Death and Dying
Article Religion Booknotes New theological books include titles about Raymond E. Brown, Communion and Liberation, and St. Teresa of Avila By Luke Timothy Johnson June 23, 2021 Books Religion
Article Connecting the Dots Documenting the art and culture produced during the first decades of the Cold War By John T. McGreevy June 20, 2021 Culture Books Media
Article Aesthetic Transfiguration Francisco Goldman’s autofiction considers the moral and aesthetic demands of both the real and imagined. By Anthony Domestico June 16, 2021 Books
Article Opening Credits Reading celebrated director Billy Wilder’s journalism is like glimpsing the percolating brain of the genius to come. By Helene Stapinski June 9, 2021 Books Movies Nonfiction
Article A Mystic for Moderns Caryll Houselander drew on her artistic sense and keen observation of suffering to develop a spirituality of Christocentric compassion. By Joshua P. Hochschild June 7, 2021 Books Spirituality
Article The Good Son The 2020 Booker Prize–winning novel possesses a redemptive quality that rises above its episodes of negligence, anger, and sectarianism. By Diane Scharper June 6, 2021 Books Fiction
Article Captives of Habit A new introduction to William James illuminates his philosophy and struggles with mental health. By Gordon Marino May 23, 2021 Books Philosophy
Article Diversity & Division A new book explores how U.S. Catholic history can provide perspective and hope for the present moment. By Julia G. Young May 22, 2021 Books Religion History
Article Disqualifying Isms All publishing companies draw a line. But who, exactly, gets to draw it? By Peter Steinfels May 14, 2021 Books Domestic Affairs Election 2020
Article Frightening Babble Don’t underestimate Don DeLillo. By Phil Christman May 12, 2021 Books Fiction
Article Priesthood, Reimagined A nuanced portrait of the lives and worship spaces of womanpriests By Mary Kate Holman May 5, 2021 Books Women in the Church
Article Creating Time Poetry exploring the lyric now: not thought, but thinking; not lived, but living. By Anthony Domestico April 23, 2021 Poetry Books
Article The Beauty of the Incomprehensible In her new book, Karen Kilby leads even a lay reader through theoretical thickets with a gentle and steady hand. By Paul Baumann April 20, 2021 Theology Books
Article ‘Justly Responsive’ “Every time I read Donoghue, I knew I was reading the work of a master.” By Anthony Domestico April 9, 2021 Books Literature
Article An Interview with Hans Küng From the archives: a 1971 interview with the late Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Küng By Claude-Francois Jullien April 7, 2021 Academic Freedom Bishops Books Ethics Foreign Affairs Laity Profiles Social Justice Theology Vatican II Web Exclusive
Article Excavating the Future Mike Davis has always been a student of the future. 2020 was the year his predictions came true. By John Thomason March 15, 2021 Books Coronavirus
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