Feature The Theology of Social Democracy Neoliberalism is doomed. Could a new model of social democracy replace it? By Anthony Annett April 5, 2024 Economy U.S. Catholicism Social Justice Climate Change
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Article Whither the University? Former UC Berkeley chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks discusses the crisis in the humanities and the purpose of higher education in the 21st century. By Dominic Preziosi April 4, 2024 Higher Education Politics Culture
Article Klimt's Exquisite Abundance In person, Klimt’s landscapes are spaces of exquisite abundance. But a new Klimt exhibition at New York’s Neue Galerie underwhelms. By Robert Rubsam April 3, 2024 Arts Culture
Article A New Era in Poland? Poland shows how Catholicism and liberal democracy are not at odds. By Lauren Kane April 2, 2024 Foreign Affairs History Europe
Article Life, as Pasolini Saw It Poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini believed in the importance of being yourself, which means being unrecognizable. By Griffin Oleynick April 1, 2024 Arts Movies Interview
Feature Christianity in the Middle East Christians in the Middle East see themselves not just as abandoned, but as betrayed. How did we get here? By Joseph Phillip Amar April 1, 2024 Middle East History Muslim-Christian Relations War and Peace
Article A Paschal Mystery The Paschal Mystery is at the center of our Christian life. So why are the U.S. bishops ignoring it? By Rita Ferrone March 30, 2024 Liturgy Bishops Vatican II U.S. Catholicism
Article An Easter Revival Fanny Mendelssohn has long been hidden by her brother Felix's shadow. But now, she is gaining recognition as a talented composer in her own right. By Jennifer Vosters March 29, 2024 Music History Women
Article Rather than Void “I sat there watching people go in and out of the diner while my father dozed. The clock ticked past midnight into Good Friday.” By Dominic Preziosi March 28, 2024 Religion Lent
Article Hijacking St. Patrick’s Cathedral Defenders and critics of a funeral disruption at St. Patrick's Cathedral share a sense of entitled victimhood. By Peter Steinfels March 27, 2024 Religion Politics Culture LGBTQ issues
Article Poem | Requiem "What melody will they expand in the hour after this, / then noon, then the evening’s sure diminishing?" By Peter Cooley March 27, 2024 Poetry
Article Poem | Arrivals and Departures "Arrivals and departures on the board, / Traveling days linked with lilacs / Whose redolence derails our sense of time." By Lee Oser March 27, 2024 Poetry
Article Suicide as Protest The contradiction inherent in Aaron Bushnell's suicide muddled his message: he tried to defend the dignity of Palestinians while violating his own. By Santiago Ramos March 26, 2024 War and Peace
Article Letters | Israel’s actions in Gaza, alternatives to integralism, roadblocks to environmental protection Readers discuss the war in Gaza, integralist "solutions" to declining religious affiliation, and Pope Francis's ecological vision. By The Editors March 25, 2024 Letters