Mary Eberstadt

1 month ago | thecatholicthing.org | Mary Eberstadt

Simone Rizkallah, PhilosCatholic: Mary, just two weeks after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, you delivered the keynote address at a conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville titled “Nostra Aetate and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations at a Time of Rising Antisemitism.” That same week, you published an article in the National Catholic Register titled “Catholics Against Antisemitism: Now More Than Ever.” You pointed to Nostra Aetate, promulgated in 1965: the Church’s...

Nov 14, 2024 | firstthings.com | Mary Eberstadt

As Democrats and others assess the fallout from last week’s red bombshell, they’re looking at surprises in the exit polls. Here’s one that shouldn’t be missed: The nation’s Catholic voters split 56 to 41 in favor of Donald Trump. In one way, that endorsement might seem to require explanation. After all, no one’s personal failings have been more exposed to global sunlight than Trump’s; and Catholics as a whole, unlike many evangelical Protestants, weren’t ground-floor MAGA fans.

Nov 4, 2024 | brownpelicanla.com | Mary Eberstadt

By Mary Eberstadt, First Things, Nov. 1, 2024Mary Eberstadt is senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute and author of several books including Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics. Red and blue Americans are locked in a hostile custody battle right now. But if they agree on anything, it’s that “the gender gap has never been wider,” as one piece in the New York Times just summarized. For both the Harris and Trump campaigns, that gap shapes the playbook.

Nov 1, 2024 | firstthings.com | Mary Eberstadt

Red and blue Americans are locked in a hostile custody battle right now. But if they agree on anything, it’s that “the gender gap has never been wider,” as one piece in the New York Times just summarized. For both the Harris and Trump campaigns, that gap shapes the playbook. Electoral binaries like hawks vs. doves, flyover land vs. coasts, are out. The battle between the sexes, and which side leverages it best, will decide what happens next week. Just how big is that divide?

Sep 6, 2024 | brownpelicanla.com | Andrew Doran |Mary Eberstadt

No, Your Parish is Not ‘Vibrant’, by Phil LawlerFeast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by M.C. Holbrook (Sept. 8th) By Andrew Doran and Mary Eberstadt, First Things, Sept. 5,  2024Andrew Doran and Mary Eberstadt are founding members of the Coalition of Catholics Against Anti-Semitism, sponsored by the Philos Project.