Before Prozac, physicians and monks read depression as the mark of genius or a trial of the soul. What were they seeing?

A look at how schools actually form character, and what kind of formation the digital age needs.

A look at how schools actually form character, and what kind of formation the digital age needs.

Executive editor Tiffany Thompson interviews Eunice Gall, Transylvanian artist and contemporary Christian mystic.

A look at how schools actually form character, and what kind of formation the digital age needs.

Anastasia Korbet writes from wartime Ukraine on memory, attention, and whether hope can endure the darkness without looking away.

Addicts want to control the unpredictability and chaos of life, but programs like AA teach us—rightly—to let go of control.

The theme of self-control crops up again and again in the great books, changing in its encounter with the Christian tradition.

A reflection on the legacy of Wendell Berry.

The theme of self-control crops up again and again in the great books, changing in its encounter with the Christian tradition.

"We cannot live by money and technology alone." Luke Bretherton on Christian humanism, the crisis of agency, and reimagining institutions of care.

The theme of self-control crops up again and again in the great books, changing in its encounter with the Christian tradition.

"We cannot live by money and technology alone." Luke Bretherton on Christian humanism, the crisis of agency, and reimagining institutions of care.

Addicts want to control the unpredictability and chaos of life, but programs like AA teach us—rightly—to let go of control.

Anne Snyder introduces the fall issue of Comment magazine.

Zealots at the Gate: 25 years after 9/11, Matthew Kaemingk and Shadi Hamid on remembering that day differently

Anne Snyder introduces the fall issue of Comment magazine.

Addicts want to control the unpredictability and chaos of life, but programs like AA teach us—rightly—to let go of control.

A reflection on the legacy of Wendell Berry.

Anne Snyder introduces the fall issue of Comment magazine.

Anastasia Korbet writes from wartime Ukraine on memory, attention, and whether hope can endure the darkness without looking away.

C.S. Lewis left Susan Pevensie out of Narnia’s ending. Susan Bruxvoort Lipscomb reviews Nonesuch, Francis Spufford’s answer to the Problem of Susan.

Anastasia Korbet writes from wartime Ukraine on ruined homes, the habit of getting used to it, and what it takes to keep looking.

A new book by Ian Marcus Corbin diagnoses our loneliness and calls us back to belonging and community.

A new book by Ian Marcus Corbin diagnoses our loneliness and calls us back to belonging and community.

On Zealots at the Gate, Matthew Kaemingk and Shadi Hamid talk with William Wolfe, a self-described Christian nationalist, on what makes a nation—and who belongs.

A new book by Ian Marcus Corbin diagnoses our loneliness and calls us back to belonging and community.

A look at the mortality of institutions of higher education.

Reflections on The Understory Festival and the Movement to Bridge the Divide

A new book by Ian Marcus Corbin diagnoses our loneliness and calls us back to belonging and community.

A look at the mortality of institutions of higher education.

Last summer Brad East went on pilgrimage to France with his brothers and a couple friends. This is his account.

Recovering the history of sorrow can give a clearer view of the compromises we live with.

Recovering the history of sorrow can give a clearer view of the compromises we live with.

Last summer Brad East went on pilgrimage to France with his brothers and a couple friends. This is his account.

Recovering the history of sorrow can give a clearer view of the compromises we live with.

In a new book, psychotherapist and theologian Glenn McCullough looks at psychoanalysis through the lens of Jacob Boehme.

In a new book, psychotherapist and theologian Glenn McCullough looks at psychoanalysis through the lens of Jacob Boehme.

From ancient Greece to TikTok, we have debated whether stories are worth all the fuss.

Women need a more honest way to talk about motherhood.

Tom Stoppard and Walker Percy both wrote about the Jewish people in ways that show the dangers and consequences of factoring out realities about the world.

The roots of Christian humanism begin in the incarnation, and the tradition extends through history to today.

Some scholars have criticized the so-called Bebbington quadrilateral, which is considered the classic definition of evangelicalism. But Bonnie Kristian argues that it holds up.

Women need a more honest way to talk about motherhood.

Tom Stoppard and Walker Percy both wrote about the Jewish people in ways that show the dangers and consequences of factoring out realities about the world.

Tom Stoppard and Walker Percy both wrote about the Jewish people in ways that show the dangers and consequences of factoring out realities about the world.

Women need a more honest way to talk about motherhood.

Being in the room is not the same as being there.