Features
Take this $500 and do good in the world
My incarcerated nephew, the guest of honor
The plain, difficult sense of scripture
What made early Christians a peculiar people?
My friends are praying for me. Does God care?
Prayer isn’t our work, it’s God’s
Voices
Stephanie Paulsell
Life together as an empire collapses
If Benedict’s Rule is a text of resistance, what does it help us resist?
Philip Jenkins
French Catholics' political awakening
In a nation legendary for its secularism, les Cathos are speaking up.
Kathryn Reklis
White moral infantilism and some help avoiding it
Several recent films and shows portray people of color with a complexity that James Baldwin once assumed was impossible for pop culture.
Books
How spiritual practices can foster creativity
The most useful essays in this new collection are the ones that tell stories from parish ministry.
A novel for frightening times
Han Kang’s main theme is the dignity and the cowardice that atrocity brings forth from people—often the same person.
Reading evangelical history with one eye closed
Frances FitzGerald gets the religious right wrong—along with the evangelical tradition generally.
Are open borders the most ethical approach to immigration?
David Miller’s book doesn’t offer policy solutions. It does help us think clearly.