Trump may have given one restrained speech, but Steve Bannon still hews to a vision of America under siege.
History
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A brilliant 17th century nun is brought to life on Netflix
Sor Juana Inés found both tension and sustenance in her religious life.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
The fight for religious liberty is never going to end. We’d better get used to it.
The Bill of Rights has failed to protect religious groups from legal assault on a number of occasions since our nation’s founding. Can it happen again?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The dawning of America’s imperial ambitions
Leading those who believed it was America’s destiny to acquire an empire were Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Theodore Roosevelt, a newly minted war hero.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Russia needs a truth commission now.
The story of a corrupt president, Boris Yeltsin, and his successor, Putin, trying to reconstruct their country as a world power
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The manhunt for a martyr’s killers
‘The Assassination of a Saint’ begins like a crime thriller, complete with a criminal manhunt.
Posted inFaith
To think that I saw it on 56th Street: a farewell to America House
It is a bittersweet day for all who lived and worked at the longtime home of America magazine.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What would Jefferson say about today’s America?
What perils would Jefferson and Franklin warn us against?
Posted inFaith, News
Apology from Archbishop of Canterbury coming for Reformation violence against Catholics
The statement is expected to express remorse that the (Protestant) Church of England carried out so many acts of violence.
Posted inMagazine, Vantage Point
Celebrating 109 years of America’s mission
Support our first-ever #AmericaAnniversary challenge and help us celebrate 109 years!