As Nixon aged, Butterfield told Woodward, “instead of mellowing, the neuroses intensified and he lumped them all together.”
Books
The death of Socrates—ritual sacrifice or deliberate rebellion?
In this most classic of philosophical tales, Socrates dies a death that has been the subject of so much speculation and controversy.
How Elizabeth I engaged with the Muslim world
The combination of religion and politics then, just as today, was reinforced in cultural practices.
How can we resist the ‘savior mentality’—in ourselves and our leaders?
An interview with Jordan Flaherty, author of ‘No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality.’
How to Live a Committed Life
Following Rhona Tarrant’s news review, this week Eileen Markey speaks to Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., about her latest book, A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. In this clip Eileen Markey discusses why Sister Maura was assassinated in El Salvador and the great contributions of the Maryknoll sisters.
The church has never taught that justice is inevitable.
If human progress itself is God’s agent of change, why does God, or humanity, need a church?
Can religion ever be considered in isolation?
“All of us come from a place we mistake for universal,” Kenneth L. Woodward explains, “So you should know something of mine.”
Soldiers have always needed drugs to get them through their brutal missions.
How can we justify the military giving addictive pills to their warriors?
On grieving the loss of a spouse
Finding faith after an unexpected death.
René Girard’s work could help us tackle the politics of scapegoating
Learning to see Girard as an “unlikely apologist” for the Christian story does not undermine orthodox faith—it is an extremely viable path forward.
