Features
On her deathbed, St. Clare of Assisi blessed God
How I changed my mind about same-sex marriage
Birthing you is an act of radical hope
Has the pandemic prepared us for pilgrimages?
The Pope Francis of India?
Voices
Philip Jenkins
In Mediterranean Europe, St. Benedict the Moor is back
The Afropean saint is reemerging amid a swelling African diaspora.
Stephanie Paulsell
My first post-pandemic flight was a bumpy ride
I murmured my prayers, counted my breaths, and got through it.
Books
A landscape scarred by the trauma of eugenics
Elizabeth Catte traces the haunting history of forced sterilizations in Central Virginia.
A Palestinian evangelical’s supersessionism
Munther Isaac’s critique of the Israeli government is perfectly fair. But why does he also need to critique Judaism?
How do parents pass along their faith to children?
Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk’s sociological study offers some clues.
The good news in John Green’s reviews of Diet Dr Pepper and sunsets
He says they’re memoirs, but I’m onto him. The Anthropocene Reviewed is more like a collection of sermons.