Randy Boyagoda

Randy Boyagoda is a novelist and a professor of English at the University of Toronto.

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Worth the Wait

‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ rejects the sublimation of suffering into art

By Randy Boyagoda

August 23, 2017

Books

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Must Reads

Politics

How to Stop Hating Trump Supporters

How do we learn to love our neighbors who defend the indefensible?

Stephen J. Pope

March 3, 2025

Religion

How Much Must the Church Change?

Tomáš Halík’s new book directly challenges the conservative wing of the Church and radicalizes Pope Francis’s thought.

Paul Lakeland

February 26, 2025

Culture

Woke 2.0

Musa al-Gharbi’s new book traces the rise of a new “woke” elite. His diagnosis minimizes the power of genuine elites: plutocrats.

George Scialabba

March 6, 2025

Books

Long Horizons

All of Bruce Chatwin’s work is an effort to understand people who find themselves at the end of a way of being.

Helen Rouner

March 14, 2025

Collections

Is nuclear deterrence the foundation of our national security, or is it an unnecessary expenditure dedicated to inexcusable potential violence? Commonweal authors debate nuclear deterrence versus disarmament.

The Editors

April 1, 2025

Randy Boyagoda

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Worth the Wait

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Epiphanies, Sort of

How to Stop Hating Trump Supporters

How Much Must the Church Change?

Woke 2.0

Long Horizons

Toward Nuclear Disarmament?