Short Take
‘Take and Read’: introducing our Spring 2018 Literary Review
Our Spring 2018 Literary issue has a little something for everyone.
Dispatches
Ninety years later, the Catholic Book Club gets a makeover.
Digital meets print in the retooled Catholic Book Club.
Features
Alan Jacobs: a Christian intellectual for the internet age
Alan Jacobs has dedicated most of his career to bridging gaps not only between Christians and non-Christians but also between disciplines and audiences.
How ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ shows us the power of love
When I read A Wrinkle in Time as a child, it was an experience of the senses.
What Muriel Spark’s novels can teach us about life
‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ brought an unforgettable, iconic character to the literary stage.
How Joan of Arc conquered Mark Twain
“Now listen to what an old man tells you. My best book is my Recollections of Joan of Arc.”
Books
The icons of William Hart McNichols
More than 50 of his striking icons are in glorious display book.
What Christians can learn from new books on Judaism
Every Christian needs a better understanding of the Jewish origins of his or her faith.
The spiritual curiosity of Traci Brimhall
In Brimhall’s work, Catholicism is a faith that marries the sensual and the sacred.
Are we on the cusp of a French Catholic renaissance?
Catholicism has something valuable to say and a place to stake amid an avowedly secular state in France.
Bridges of empathy: Denis Johnson’s short stories
Denis Johnson’s final book of short stories reminds us of his literary reach and depth.
An intriguing and puzzling new book by Stanley Hauerwas
In The Character of Virtue, Stanley Hauerwas offers life lessons to a grandson.
What four new books on Bob Dylan can teach us
Six decades after he emerged as a star, Bob Dylan still attracts the attention of scholars and fans alike.
The Faith of Jimmy Carter
America’s 39th president reflects on the centrality of religious faith in the life of the nation and individuals.
The Prim Presbyterian: the life of Woodrow Wilson
Wilson’s strong moral streak proved to be his greatest asset and his greatest failing.
Poetry
The Spindle & Yarn
Here is how the hands dance
Ruins Ekphrasis
If God were sick, the heart would swallow itself like a pill
Last Take
Reading to my son about trucks, trains and automobiles
Of all the things I looked forward to while pregnant with my son, reading books to him was very close to the top of that list.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts