Kenneth L. Woodward

Kenneth L. Woodward, former Religion Editor of Newsweek, is currently writer-in-residence at the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago.

Article

Purgatorial People

Professor and theologian Denys Turner discusses Dante's 'Divine Comedy' as a cohesive poetic and theological text.

By Kenneth L. Woodward

November 8, 2024

Commonweal Centennial

Interview

Literature

Article

The Windsor Affair

We need real reporters doing real reporting, not activists out to mug their enemies.

By Kenneth L. Woodward

July 19, 2024

Supreme Court

Politics

Article

Learning the Right Questions

The best way to remember historian John W. O’Malley, SJ is to read his books—and to thank God for the gracious gift of his learned servant.

By Kenneth L. Woodward

September 14, 2022

Article

‘Lived from the Heart’

Understanding mystics and mysticism

By Kenneth L. Woodward

January 19, 2022

Interview

Religion

Article

Beyond the Gummed Labels

Fault lines between Secularists and Religionists in America help define partisan politics.

By Kenneth L. Woodward

June 4, 2021

Secularism and Modernity

Nonfiction

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Religion & Presidential Politics

Religion has rarely been a significant factor in presidential politics, and isn’t likely to be now. In fact, it’s politics that often shape our religious beliefs.

By Kenneth L. Woodward

September 1, 2020

U.S. Catholicism

Domestic Affairs

Election 2020

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