One of the ways in which we interact with the Bible is through film and this is not a new undertaking for filmmakers. As Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films (London and New York: Routledge, 2013), edited by Adele Reinhartz, demonstrates, filmmakers have been making biblical films almost from the beginning of the movie industry. This is one of the compelling aspects of this book: it reviews films dating back to Life of Moses (1909-1910) and up to A Serious Man (2009), with every decade in between represented. It is also a difficult book to assess as it is not always clear on what basis films have been chosen for review or how one is to understand the book as a whole.

As immigration reform takes center stage in Washington, we offer a selection of articles from America on immigrants and the need for immigration reform:"Does the Gospel Speak to Immigration?" Michael O'Loughlin"Immigration Reform," Cardinal Roger M. Mahoney"The Other Ame

Two events out of the Spring meeting of the German Bishops Conference in the western town of Trier are worth noting today A diaconate for women was proposed by Cardinal Walter Kasper during a study day on Feb 21 discussing how to involve more women in church life today Kasper spoke of a ldquo dea

This just in from the Pew Forum on Religion amp Public Life Washington D C ndash As the pontificate of Benedict XVI winds down many American Catholics express a desire for change according to a new survey report by the Pew Research Center For example most Catholics say it would be good if t

From 1936, a Jesuit poet reviews the early poems of Robert Frost.

A FURTHER RANGE By Robert Frost. Henry Holt & Co. $2.50Robert Frost is said to possess an integrity all his own, one which has not yielded to the variations of present-day movements in poetry. This is true. It comes of his having a metaphysic of sorts. He believes, for instance, in an intrinsic

A modest proposal from James Martin, S.J.

Billy Wilder rsquo s movie The Last Weekend about the suicide of an alcoholic author won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Picture Wilder also garnered that year rsquo s Oscar for Best Director and Ray Milland won Best Actor portraying the final days of a binging alcoholic The film gained a four

In her new book Candida Moss explains the "myth of Christian persecution."

My mother was a great fan of Henry James. She kept his novels and essays in her bookcase along with books about the author and Leon Edel’s masterly five-volume biography, which she read end to end. I’ve always liked James too, though unlike true devotees I don’t adore his late work

What sort of divine power did Robert Frost listen to?

Pope Benedict knows full well the truth of what Bernard wrote to Eugenius: You are Peter, not Jesus.

There are hundreds of faith-based humanitarian groups working around the world today.

Questioning Garry Wills' unorthodox views on the Eucharist

Three favorites: Cardinals Angelo Scola, Peter Turkson and Marc Ouellet

There are a few sure things in the life of an international volunteer.

Clarify ‘Entitlement’“Getting to Work,” by Patricia Ranft (2/18), does a good job puncturing the hoary myth that labor is punishment for expulsion from biblical paradise—the wages of sin. Professor Ranft is convincing in laying out “the theology of work” but

We do not in our countryniche you at corners,crossroads, highway shrines.But in Karen’s face as she talks of her sonwhose pain will not redeem the world;as Marguerita, whose eldest will notsurvive her; in Sylvie, whose childlearned all his letters in his second yearand by age four had been con

President Obama's agenda includes many items on the wish-list of faith-based organizations.