Article ‘Brideshead’ Revisited & Revised Evelyn Waugh initially disregarded the critics of his best-known novel, but the more popular his novel became, the more his reservations grew By Robert Murray Davis January 22, 2018 Books Movies Secularism and Modernity
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Article Don’t Over-Spiritualize ‘Temptation’ When we pray to be spared temptation, we’re asking for something very practical By Nicholas Frankovich January 17, 2018 Pope Francis Spirituality Theology Liturgy
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Article How to Survive Trump Three proud progressives trace the historical roots of the Trump phenomenon to the collapse of a shared sense of national purpose By R. Scott Appleby January 16, 2018 Donald Trump Domestic Affairs Books
Article Surviving the Last Century ‘What You Did Not Tell’ is a window into the hopes and fears of those who suffered some of the worst calamities of the twentieth century By Regina Munch January 10, 2018 Books War and Peace Foreign Affairs
Article On Fire, Fury...& Decency? Can Republicans do the right thing and confront the danger of Trump’s chaotic presidency? By The Editors January 9, 2018 Donald Trump Domestic Affairs Editorial
Article ‘The Last Jedi’: A Fan’s Notes Carrying the torch, and the Force, forward By Rand Richards Cooper January 4, 2018 Movies
Article California Burning As fire season rages, a reflection on preparing for the worst By Jack Miles January 2, 2018 Domestic Affairs Environment Climate Change
Article Lead Us Not into Temptation? Francis isn’t the first to question a key phrase of the Lord’s Prayer By Charles McNamara January 1, 2018 Pope Francis Theology Liturgy
Poetry Two Poems “A slow release / will always leave the one who authored you afraid” By Steven Toussaint January 15, 2018 Poetry
Article ‘Be Such as God Made You’ Rethinking the spirituality of body image with some help from the ancient church By Amanda C. Knight January 11, 2018 Spirituality Theology Women in the Church The Last Word
Article An Ambiguous Character Michael Wood’s book on William Empson is as all such books should be: an introduction, continuously helpful, never boring By Denis Donoghue January 11, 2018 Books Poetry
Article Letters | Debating Ta-Nehisi Coates & Racism A reader takes issue with a column about Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, and the author replies By The Editors January 11, 2018 Letters
Article ‘Back in Time to Spy’ From the "weird and engrossing" to the messy and haunting, Anthony Domestico considers two new literary biographies and two books of poetry By Anthony Domestico January 11, 2018 Books Poetry
