Paul Elie, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, is the author of The Life You Save May Be Your Own and Reinventing Bach. A third book, Controversy, is forthcoming. Also by this author Closer Encounters Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-11-05 issue: View Contents Most Recent Dangers and Elations By Anthony Domestico March 7, 2025 Woke 2.0 By George Scialabba March 6, 2025 The Great Interpreter By Kenneth L. Woodward March 5, 2025