The Presence of Christ in Our Dependence

November 13th, 2025 | 7 min read

Leah Libresco Sargeant. The Dignity of Dependence. University of Notre Dame Press, 2025. $28.00. 200 pp.

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Rachel Roth Aldhizer writes from North Carolina. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and a 2024-2025 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow. Her reporting and opinion has been published in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, First Things, and others.

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