[Pope] Francis repeatedly emphasizes that ideas and realities must be in continuous dialogue. This is a refreshing and ever-timely affirmation…
Michele Dillon
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The Vatican Spring?
Does the election of Francis I signal a major shift in Vatican policy, structure, or doctrine? How significant is Francis’…
After Sandy: Presidential rhetoric and visions of solidarity
On Monday afternoon as Hurricane Sandy threatened landfall, President Obama warned reporters gathered at the White House that the storm would…
Enter the Post-Secular
It was, then, a stirring sight to see Habermas sit down with Cardinal Ratzinger in 2004 for a philosophical dialogue.…
The naked public sphere?
In light of Rick Santorum's recent comments on religion and the public sphere, we asked a small handful of scholars…
Surveying religious knowledge
Following the release last week of the results of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey,…
Getting out of crisis-mode
Although the sociology of religion is in a relatively good state, it still seems that there is continuing intellectual insecurity…
Christianity and the crash
In the December 2009 issue of The Atlantic, Hanna Rosin added to the ongoing debate over the causes of the…
The new gurus
In last week’s New York Times Sunday Styles section, Allen Salkin reported on the emergence of a “new wave” of…
President Obama’s Catholic sensibility
President Barack Obama's May 17 commencement address at the University of Notre Dame deftly demonstrated the president's unique ability to…