Among those recognized at two theology conferences in June was Stephen Bevans, S.V.D., to whom the Catholic Theological Society of America gave its highest honor, the John Courtney Murray Award.
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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A relic of America magazine’s Jesuit patron, Edmund Campion
The patron saint of ‘America’ is Edmund Campion, S.J.—for several different reasons.
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Walter Brueggemann: A scholar of the prophets—and a prophetic voice
Walter Brueggemann’s influence in the academy reached across denominations and traditions.
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A key question of Christianity: Did Christ want us to be of the world or simply exist in it?
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane
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David Tracy was more than a theologian
The Rev. David Tracy, who died on April 29, was a monumental figure in American Catholicism, renowned as a teacher, scholar, writer and mentor to thousands of theologians.
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Father sleuths best: Why priest-detectives make for good fiction
The genre of the crime-solving priest or religious might be a niche one, but it’s been around on the page and the screen for more than a century.
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When the initial excitement wears off, how do you stay committed?
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by James T. Keane
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Riley Hughes, an unsung literary jack of all trades
It is not an exaggeration to say that between 1940 and 1980, the author and critic Riley Hughes reviewed well over 1,000 books for different Catholic magazines.
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Listening to the stranger
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by James T. Keane
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What’s in a name? Why the pope picked ‘Leo XIV’
Pope Leo XIV picked one of the most common names in history for a pope. But it is a name with great resonance in modern church history, and one whose selection suggests quite a bit about what the reign of the new pontiff might be like.