The Jesuit theologian has recently come under fire for his supposed racism and support of eugenics; but great religious thinkers must be read with care and precision

Westover tells the story of her soul, not her accomplishments. Becoming an individual through paideia, she discovers herself as a relational being

Liberation theology arose from a set of complex intellectual and social currents on both sides of the Atlantic. A new book traces the threads

I see the Jackson Housing project, towering seven buildings deep. Its electric lights usurp the stars on this and every other night

Wielding his trademark tools of pathos and whimsy, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda announces he’s out to steal your heart—then tiptoes in and does it anyway

Poet and translator Peter Cole discusses the poetry of theology, translation and Jewishness, and poetry that makes the world more interesting