Podcasts

Charles C. Camosy talks about the philosopher Peter Singer, right, and his surprising points of convergence with Christian ethics. Camosy’s new book, Peter Singer and Christian Ethics, was recently published by Cambridge University Press.

In his new book Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent, E. J. Dionne Jr, seeks to reassert the importance of community in the American story. In this conversation, Dionne explains why the term “community” is more vexed than “liberty,” why it’s a mistake to mythologize our […]

Kerry Weber talks with Kathryn Getek Soltis, an assistant professor of Christian ethics and the director of the Center for Peace and Justice Education at Villanova University. Prof. Soltis wrote her dissertation on a virtue ethics approach to justice looking at the reform of the America prison. She has also served as Catholic Chaplain at […]

Is Megan a better fit for Don than Betty? Why did Joan do what she did? Why did Peggy leave Sterling Cooper? How does music inform the series? Does Pete have any morals at all? Are Roger and Don friends, enemies or frenemies? And the big question: Where is God in all this? James Martin, […]

Mark Shriver describes the faith that sustained his father, Sargent Shriver, through a long political career that included key posts in the Kennedy administration and work with the Peace Corps, the War on Poverty and the Special Olympics. Mark Shriver’s new book, A Good Man, has just been published by Henry Holt. Mark is pictured […]

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat tells the story of how Christian orthodoxy found a home in the United States, and how the last 50 years has a seen a national turn toward “heresy.” Talking about his new book, Bad Religion, he describes notable trends in the Catholic Church, including what he sees as a […]

Arthur J. Sikula talks with associate editor Kerry Weber about church architecture as a form of both controversy and catechesis. Sikula, a liturgical architect, was a member of the task force that prepared “Built of Living Stones,” the U.S. bishops’ document which details guidelines for the relationship between church art, architecture, and worship.

Barbara E. Reid, O.P. talks about women prophets in the Bible and Elizabeth Johnson talks about the power of the Magnificat.

John P. Schlegel, S.J., and Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J., both served long tenures as presidents of Jesuit colleges. For our annual Jesuit education issue, they talk about the challenges facing Catholic colleges in a pluralistic society and how the implementation of Ex corde ecclesia affected the way Jesuit schools think about their Catholic identity. Fr. […]

When The Other America was published in 1962, Michael Harrington only expected it to sell a few thousand copies. The book, a study of the “invisible” poor in America, went on to become a national bestseller and helped shape the government’s War on Poverty. Here Thomas Landy of the College of the Holy Cross explains […]