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The City and the Cross—Episode 1: From the Ground Up
In the first episode of Commonweal's new podcast series, The City and the Cross, host and inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson traces the orig…
4 months ago
The City and the Cross—Series Trailer
In Commonweal's first narrative podcast series, inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson chronicles the rise, erosion, and defiant survival of Bl…
4 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 162 - Subversive Cartography
Season 1 Episode 162
For as long as humans have been able to write, they’ve made maps.
Sometimes maps show paths to the sacred. More often, they depict borders and bound…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 161 - Catholicism and Community Organizing
Season 1 Episode 161
As bad as things have gotten for democracy in America, it no longer suffices to simply denounce those in power. Nor is it enough to march, call membe…
5 months ago
Ep. 160 - Humble Work
Season 1 Episode 160
Catholics have been thinking about vocations for a long time—and not only in terms of becoming a priest or member of a religious order.
The Church te…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 159 - Reclaiming Attention
Season 1 Episode 159
Too many of us spend too much time on our phones.
We know by now—through whistleblower reports, congressional hearings, and our daily lived experien…
6 months ago
Ep. 158 - ‘My First War’
Season 1 Episode 158
When he was missioned to Beirut last fall, Fr. Doug Jones, a recently ordained Jesuit priest, expected to spend his time conducting research and admi…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Black Church and Progressive Politics: A conversation with Gary Dorrien
Hosts and Commonweal contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor chat with Gary Dorrien, professor at Columbia University and Union Theologi…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
On the Altar: A conversation with historian Jonathan Sheehan
Hosts and Commonweal contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor chat with Jonathan Sheehan, professor of European history at UC Berkeley, a…
7 months, 1 week ago
Revelation and Reporting: A conversation with journalist Daniel Silliman
Hosts and Commonweal contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor chat with reporter Daniel Silliman about his tenure at Christianity Today, …
7 months, 3 weeks ago