Article Pilgrims & Progress John Winthrop’s famous 1630 sermon, cited as an American classic, celebrates neither rugged individualism nor American exceptionalism By Paul Baumann November 6, 2018 Domestic Affairs Books Secularism and Modernity Economy
Article Archbishop Viganò on Religious Liberty A close reading of a talk given by the former nuncio at Notre Dame in 2012 reveals his crude ideological motivations By Paul Baumann October 25, 2018 Contraception mandate Bishops Pope Francis Secularism and Modernity
Article A Trip to the Orkneys & Into the Past Desolate, wind-swept islands off the coast of Scotland occasion a traveler’s musings on sacred spaces and climate change By Paul Baumann October 17, 2018 Climate Change Columnists Spirituality
Article Time to Leave? In the face of the church's manifold sins, we stay because we long for what the church teaches about human life to be true By Paul Baumann September 23, 2018 Sexual-abuse Crisis Clericalism Secularism and Modernity
Article An Endangered Inheritance A visit to the under-appreciated FDR memorial in Washington helps us recall basic truths about the purpose of democratic governance By Paul Baumann September 5, 2018 Arts Columnists Donald Trump
Article Remembering Paul Horgan The Catholic director of the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University was also an accomplished novelist and historian By Paul Baumann August 21, 2018 Fiction Books