Why do you want to see?

The Zone of Interest interrogates the desire to bear witness that animates the Holocaust movie as a genre.

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Seeking the Divine in the secular age

The modern mystics profiled in Bernard McGinn’s new book don’t experience ecstatic visions, supernatural miracles, or paranormal phenomena.

God or basketball?

Which one has a greater hold on my heart? Let’s take a look.

Why do you want to see?

The Zone of Interest interrogates the desire to bear witness that animates the Holocaust movie as a genre.

March 24, Passion B (Mark 14:1–15:47)

We fix our gaze on the cross because if we look away we will miss something vital.

Politics

The slow work of dialogue

For 20 years, Mennonite scholars from North America and Shi’a scholars from Iran have met periodically to build bridges.

William Guthrie’s weird Christianity

The rector of St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery brought the church into relationship with the Greenwich Village avant-garde of the 1920s.

Days of wanting

My family didn’t want to go to America at all; we left Vietnam on pain of death.

Too old to be president?

Critics of Biden’s memory slips fail to mention any of the positive traits associated with aging.