A Reflection for Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter, by James T. Keane
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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‘Death of a Salesman’ turns 75. And we’re still haunted by Willy Loman.
Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” which turns 75 this year, was a huge hit by any commercial or critical standard. In 1949, it pulled off an unprecedented trifecta, winning the New York Drama Circle Critics’ Award, the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. So attention must be paid!
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Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ is a solid adaptation of the books. But it could use some religion.
“3 Body Problem” is an imaginative Netflix adaptation of Cixin Liu’s trilogy of sci-fi novels—and yet is mostly true to the books.
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Elizabeth Cullinan, the ‘criminally under-read’ bard of the Bronx Irish
Elizabeth Cullinan’s literary output was not prodigious—but her memorable characters and close attention to the Irish-American culture in which she lived made her a prominent fiction writer in the ’70s and ’80s.
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Gerhard Lohfink on Jesus, discipleship and the life of faith
Gerhard Lohfink, who died last week in his native Germany at the age of 89, leaves behind an impressive legacy of faith-informed scholarship on the New Testament and Christian discipleship.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
How the Holy Spirit transforms us
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Stanislaus, bishop, martyr, by James T. Keane
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Jacques Maritain’s life of writing on politics, liturgy and St. Thomas Aquinas
“It is not easy to be a Catholic, and it is not easy to be a writer. To be a Catholic writer is doubly difficult,” wrote Jacques Maritain, who nevertheless became one of the most influential 20th-century Catholic writers on either side of the Atlantic.
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The sometimes-savage perfection of Catholic parody
Parody, Ernest Hemingway said, is a step up from writing on the wall above the urinal. He was wrong.
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March Madness: Your guide to the Catholic schools in the 2024 men’s tournament
March Madness is upon us, and (as usual) there are a lot of Catholic schools in the mix. Can any of them prevail?
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Baseball, Brooklyn and Seoul: It’s finally time for Opening Day.
Opening Day is a reminder that there are, to quote Bill Veeck, only two seasons: winter and baseball.