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David Albertson is an associate professor of religion at the University of Southern California. He is the author most recently of The Geometry of Christian Contemplation: Measure without Measure and the executive director of the Nova Forum for Catholic Thought.
FaithFaith and Reason
Pope Francis taught the church that the magisterium finds its clarity not merely in propositions but in acts of mercy.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
The temptation in current U.S. politics is to treat all of one’s opponents the same: not just evil, but blameworthy for every imaginable form of evil.
FaithFaith and Reason
With the much-anticipated release of Pope Francis’s new encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” on Oct. 4, Catholic Christians would do well to revisit his critique of false realism and false nostalgia, and his call for the church to foster a political attitude of faithful and daring dreaming.
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Can the humanities help us find intellectual, emotional and spiritual shelter during our present time of crises?
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
Signatories of two recent open letters, one embracing a “new nationalism” and the other warning of its dangers, engage each other's concerns and questions.
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
From a unity deeper than citizenship, that of baptism, we implore our fellow Christians: Join us in denouncing this violence, and help us understand what distance is left between that nationalism and yours.