Cover Story
Where Are the People?
Evangelical Christianity in America is losing its power—what happened to Orange County’s Crystal Cathedral shows why
by Jim Hinch
Articles
My Kingdom for a Wave
If your life as a public intellectual takes you to the highest crests, be prepared for the troughs that follow
by Amitai Etzioni
My Friend Melanie Has Breast Cancer
How it might have happened, and why we are looking in the wrong places to prevent similar cases
by Anna Blackmon Moore
Homeless in the City
A writer describes the decade he has spent living on the streets
by Theodore Walther
Tutors
My many mentors at Oxford, from Lincoln College to All Souls, linger like spirits in the mind
by Paul West
Eric Rohmer and Me
What a classic film from the French new wave taught me about the illusions of my youth
by André Aciman
Departments
Letters
Letter From …
Tuning Up
Commonplace Book
Works in Progress
Back Talk
Arts
Incident at Mittersill
A new opera explores the mysterious death of the composer Anton Webern
Sudip Bose
Book Essay
The Novels Don’t Change, But We Do
Rereading those works that matter to us proves that books read us even as we read them
Wendy Smith
Book Reviews
Abolition Gone Wrong
Despite good intentions, some opponents of the Atlantic slave trade caused more harm
