One of the leading novelists of our age on faith, fiction and his distrust of religious institutions.
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The otherworldly science fiction of China’s Cixin Liu
Cixin Liu’s “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, a series of science-fiction novels first published in China a decade ago, has been called “the Chinese Star Wars.”
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Sarajevo ethics conference: “no to exclusion and idolatry, yes to building bridges.”
Catholic moral theologians from around the globe conclude an international ethics conference with calls for prophetic action.
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Catholic theologians from Global South a major force at international ethics conference
A worldwide gathering of theological ethicists in Sarajevo features almost 500 theological ethicists from 80 countries.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Jesuit General: Pedro Arrupe’s cause for canonization underway
Jesuit leaders announce that the sainthood cause of Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J. has formally started.
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Tom Wolfe, America and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Book Review
Remembering a great author…and cringing at some embarrassing prose.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
Ninety years later, the Catholic Book Club gets a makeover.
Digital meets print in the retooled Catholic Book Club.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
‘Take and Read’: introducing our Spring 2018 Literary Review
Our Spring 2018 Literary issue has a little something for everyone.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What four new books on Bob Dylan can teach us
Six decades after he emerged as a star, Bob Dylan still attracts the attention of scholars and fans alike.
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Bob Dylan’s come-to-Jesus moment
It is time we stop treating Dylan’s evangelical period as a cul-de-sac on his journey through life.