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Article When Was It Better? Overheated predictions of Europe’s demise undermine the confidence that democracies need By James J. Sheehan October 30, 2017 Foreign Affairs Race
Article Reformation 2.0 The issue isn’t whether there should be a New Reformation, but rather what kind of Reformation it will be By Ed Simon October 23, 2017 Ecumenism U.S. Catholicism
Feature Can the Churches Be Reunited? At this time of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary, advancing Christian unity with the Protestants would lie in the Orthodox direction By George Hunsinger October 15, 2017 Ecumenism Theology
Article The Man Who Knew Too Little Journalists shouldn’t pretend that Trump understands his job By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly October 9, 2017 Donald Trump Media Domestic Affairs
Feature Saving Calvin from Clichés Marilynne Robinson's engagement with Calvin remains essential for our own self-understanding as inhabitants of a world he helped create By Matthew Sitman October 5, 2017 Ecumenism Secularism and Modernity Books
Article Taunting a Tyrant Trump’s childish insults are dangerous with an adversary like Kim Jong-un, who is as thin-skinned, bombastic, and impetuous as our president By The Editors October 3, 2017 Donald Trump Foreign Affairs Editorial War and Peace
Article Tuning In & Out John Ashbery offers important poetic experiences that traditional poetry has not typically offered By Frank B. Farrell September 22, 2017 Poetry Secularism and Modernity
Article From Scotland to Sicily The only authentic way of marking this Reformation anniversary is to affirm our common commitment to a catholic sensibility in all churches By William Storrar October 21, 2017 Ecumenism U.S. Catholicism
Article If the Zombie Apocalypse ever does arrive, they will straggle-stumble straight for the noon Mass on Sunday and feel at home They Only Look like Zombies By Fr. Nonomen October 4, 2017 U.S. Catholicism Liturgy
Article Out of Reach Confronting the sadness and regret of a father’s remoteness By Peter Quinn October 4, 2017 End-of-life Issues
Article A sunburned man with a bucket of masonry trowels / who had walked by the porch window of his piano teacher Poem | Old Miami By Kevin Cantwell October 4, 2017 Poetry
Article Both Sides Have Their Reasons A useful, approachable introduction to the new egalitarian thinking driving so much social and legal conflict over religious liberty today By Paul Horwitz October 4, 2017 Sexuality Domestic Affairs
Poetry Letters | Mystery, parish visitors, etc. Readers respond to the survey of parish masses in the September 22 issue By The Editors September 6, 2017 Letters