Comment Magazine

"At midlife, I had come to understand that leaving this tiny Appalachian town had been the most consequential act of my life. I still felt a strong pull back there."

Steven Kurutz on the decline of his hometown.

Demolition Day A New York Times writer returns to the dying small Pennsylvania town where he was raised to bay it homage.

“To be a human is to be made from and for the earth and simultaneously to be invited to bear witness to the transcendence of the cosmos.”

Soiled Work A look at the dirty work the "faith and work" conversation often forgets.

“We recognize Christian humanism whenever Christian existence is defined by the incarnation and lived out of one’s union with Christ, in whom all of reality finds its unifying centre.”

Jens Zimmermann on what makes a humanism distinctly Christian.

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