Catholic Commentary: Eve Tushnet

How to Convert
Four of the crucial issues.

Mary, in the Glass Coffin of the Museum
The encounter with sublimity in art can leave us overwhelmed, speechless.

The Great Unweaving
The connection between abortion and gay marriage.

A Great Reckoning in a Little Room
Why should I confess my sins to a man?

Cradle Will Rock
The journey is increasingly challenging as religious conversion increases.

Zounds! Five Reflections on the Wounds of Christ
Five small thoughts I've had during this Lent, which may be of use to others.

Tolstoy Dies, Goes to America
It shows the shackles of wedlock -- and the love that forges them.

Six Imperfect Metaphors for Conversion
Usefully combat some myths of conversion.

Live Through This
Knowledge is a key that turns on both ends.

Heaven Can Wait
I would hate to think that all of this was just a test.

We'll Burn That Bra When We Come to It
Florence King's 1982 novel When Sisterhood Was in Flower.

Sublimity Now!
Our culture pays too little attention to the beautiful.

Defining the Relationship
"Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus?"

The Serenity Player
Hermann Hesse's 1943 novel, The Glass Bead Game.

When I Was Cruel
A Small Killing: A frightening, lovely, and creepy comic.

Tainted Love
What is done out of love is beyond good and evil.

In Praise of Disenchantment
Being Catholic means the world doesn't revolve around me.

The Conscience of Manners
She's developed manners into something akin to a spiritual discipline.

Theology of the Body in Pain
Shows how torture violates every single aspect of the created world.

Grace Is the Hardest Pillow
The best poems in this collection are among the best poems I've read.