“The current historical moment that our nation finds itself in is not an accident. American exceptionalism, nationalism, the sinfulness of manifest destiny are all hauntingly present. Is there only room left for despair in the anxiety building up to today’s election? How can we take and put into effect the message of Polarization in the U.S. Catholic Church in light of our nation’s politics?”

Thanks to Meg Stapleton Smith for her thoughtful and thought-provoking Daily Theology review of my co-edited volume, Polarization in the US Catholic Church. Read it in its entirety here.