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January 2023

Vol. 228 / No. 1

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“Of Gods and Men” (2011) shows its monks as individuals drawn like awestruck moths to the flame of Christ’s love. (CNS photo/Sony Pictures Classics)
Arts & Culture Ideas
Eve TushnetDecember 09, 2022

There are some truly excellent films about monks, with deep insights into the love of God and the nature of sacrifice. But why aren’t there more?

Arts & Culture Books
Terence SweeneyDecember 02, 2022

Too many of us are attracted to a “spatial” life because we can control spaces and stop them from changing. But time, even when managed, is always beyond our control. In his new book, James K. A. Smith seeks to reorient us to the reality of human life as temporal.

Arts & Culture Books
Elizabeth Grace MatthewDecember 15, 2022

Louise Perry's argument against the sexual revolution raises a difficult question for readers: Given the fraught situation in which the sexual revolution has left many women and men, where do we go from here?

Arts & Culture Books
Renée Darline RodenDecember 15, 2022

Marshall McLuhan's media theories proved prophetic for the age of mass communications—and his religious beliefs played a role in his theories.

Arts & Culture Books
Antonio De Loera-BrustDecember 15, 2022

For a brief period in the 19th century, Mexico was ruled by a Hapsburg prince installed by France and named emperor. The story is told brilliantly in Edward Shawcross's new history, 'The Last Emperor of Mexico.'

Arts & Culture Books
Joseph PeschelDecember 15, 2022

In his latest novel, Julian Barnes returns to his strategy of merging history, fiction and memoir to pay tribute to a beloved teacher.

Arts & Culture Poetry
Laura Reece HoganDecember 15, 2022

I am always imploring you to tell me, beloved, if you have left me forever?