As rural America becomes more diverse, it faces many of the problems associated with big cities, writes Nathan Beacom. The urban-rural divide in our politics does not reflect reality.

Not until the Democratic Party feels the pain of losing the Catholic vote will they reconsider their commitment to attacks on religious freedom, the defense of the natural family, support for Catholic schools and other Catholic priorities.

The Galileo story is presented as a narrative of the church denying science. But that implies that science is a single, monolithic worldview. Part history, part science fiction, the Galileo story is less a legend than a myth.

Readers of the daily email newsletter rank the issues important to them in the upcoming election.

Terry Eagleton's new book on tragedy can be a difficult read.

And Isaac, feeling wise, rebuked his father for the sacrifice

Khyati Y. Joshi's new book shines “a light on Christian privilege and its entwinement with White privilege."

Thomas Berry's legacy for a rising generation of eco-theologians and ethicists is pervasive.

Religion and spirituality are at the center of Anne Enright's exceptional new novel.