‘The faith is Europe,” Hilaire Belloc claimed a century ago, “and Europe is the faith.” To say the same today might provoke laughter or confusion. When we think of Europe, is the first thing that comes to mind Christianity?Now, quick—say the first word that pops into yo
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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American Idol
The pope is not blaming the crony capitalists of the third world. He’s blaming us.
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To an Athlete Dying Young
The inspiring NCAA run of Hank “The Bank” Gathers and the 1990 Loyola Marymount Lions.
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The Pope and the Academy
Will the ‘Francis effect’ improve relations between academics and doctrinal guardians?
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A Terrible Beauty
And I say to my people’s masters, Beware/ Beware of the thing that is coming, beware of the risen people/ Who shall take what ye would not give.
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Found in Translation
It is naïve to imagine that any conversation possesses a single explicit meaning.
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For Hell or for Glory: The legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg
To hear the name Gettysburg is, for almost any American, to immediately remember famous men. First, one thinks of the legendary generals on both sides of the enormous Civil War, or perhaps of Abraham Lincoln, delivering the brief but masterful Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a cemetery to ho
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Waiting for Good Deeds
Men and women are bound to disappoint us if we focus on their words and not their deeds.
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Historical Footnotes
Folks interested in the academic world or in the ongoing culture wars around the country may have seen media coverage of the recent brouhaha over the emails Purdue University President Mitch Daniels sent in 2010 when he was governor of Indiana nbsp In those emails Daniels complained about the
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Is God always on America’s side? You’d think so by the songs we sing.
Many of us learned these songs not in school or from the media, but from their use in church around all our national holidays.