David Bentley Hart is a frequent contributor to Commonweal. His most recent book is Roland in Moonlight (Angelico Press).
Article No Turning Back Where Christians can agree with the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, and where they can’t. By David Bentley Hart July 14, 2021 Theology Philosophy Book Essay
Article Three Cheers for Socialism In the late modern world something like socialism is the only possible way of embodying Christian love in concrete political practices. By David Bentley Hart February 24, 2020 Economy Social Justice Secularism and Modernity
Article Misenchantment Mammon has seduced us. The only true path of resistance to capitalism’s destructive energies is one that leads away from the logic of markets. By David Bentley Hart January 6, 2020 Economy Social Justice Philosophy Arts
Article Divorce, Annulment & Communion A clear concept of marriage as a religious institution evolved relatively late in Christian history. And that history is nothing if not ambiguous. By David Bentley Hart August 26, 2019 Pope Francis Theology Synod on the Family
Article Mind over Matter A new translation of The Enneads, the third-century cosmological poem by Plotinus, is likely to remain the definitive critical edition in English for years to come By David Bentley Hart January 16, 2019 Philosophy Theology Spirituality Poetry
Feature Christians & the Death Penalty If the death penalty seems a just and proportionate response to willful murder, so what? That’s not a Christian view of reality By David Bentley Hart November 16, 2017 Books War and Peace Ethics Capital Punishment
