With today’s announcement, President Trump has dispelled any thought that he can broker an agreement in the disputatious Holy Land.
Drew Christiansen
Drew Christiansen, S.J., served as the editor in chief of America from 2005 to 2012. He was a Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development at Georgetown University and a senior fellow with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He was co-editor with Carole Sargent of A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament (Georgetown, 2020).
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Politicians love to quote Reinhold Niebuhr. James Comey actually gets him.
James Comey is perhaps a better Niebuhrian than Niebuhr himself.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Will a Vatican conference on nuclear arms bring a diplomatic breakthrough?
Pope Francis’ condemnation of deterrence is a strong challenge to nuclear strategies of the superpowers, including the United States.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Intellectual history that reads like an adventure story
Drew Christiansen, S.J., reviews “Catholicism and Citizenship” by Massimo Faggioli
Posted inOpinion, Politics & Society
Catholic-evangelical relations are richer than the conspiracies Civilta Cattolica described
Evangelicals have helped the Catholic Church at the highest levels.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Three questions about the future of nuclear weapons
The U.N. has voted to ban the bomb. What comes next?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In its first-ever U.N. vote, the Holy See says ‘No’ to nuclear weapons
122 states—but none of the world’s nine nuclear powers—voted to ban the bomb.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What makes religious organizations so effective at diplomatic peacemaking?
Drew Christiansen, S.J., discusses the significance of religious peacebuilding in struggling countries.
Posted inFaith
Christ and Culture: Behind the debate about ‘public theology’
The inspiration for public theology lies in the Catholic belief that the church has a role in transforming the wider society under the influence of the Gospel.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis calls for a “politics of nonviolence” in annual World Day of Peace message.
“Violence is not the cure for our broken world,” the pope writes.