Discovering that a pivotal figure like Esther, who saves her people from death, also happens to be childless, can help us understand that childlessness in Scripture cannot be understood only as a curse.
Kaya Oakes
Kaya Oakes, a contributing writer for America, teaches writing at the University of California, Berkeley. Her fifth book, The Defiant Middle, will be released in the fall of 2021.
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Review: Can we find real community online?
Chris Stedman’s new book is the perfect guide to unpacking what identity means in the digital age.
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This is Your Soul on Mysticism
What Julian of Norwich can teach us about oneness with God.
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How the Jesuits and the Christian Brothers are bringing Catholic education back to Oakland
Since their founding in 1996, Cristo Rey schools have become a national network with multiple religious orders as sponsors.
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Review: What you want to know about James Martin, SJ (but were too afraid to ask)
A prolific Catholic writer is himself now the subject of a biography from Liturgical Press.
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Why non-Christian ‘seekers’ are trying spiritual direction
Just as there is a growing number of nones, there is also a growing interest in spiritual direction.
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Review: A modern-day pilgrimage with Timothy Egan
The question of what a pilgrimage means in the modern day loops throughout Timothy Egan’s ‘A Pilgrimage to Eternity.’
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When professional Catholics burn out
Working for the church can make it hard to believe in it.
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‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’: A new way to look at gentrification
Joe Talbot’s film raises the question: what does it mean to belong to a place?
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How the Catholic Church can help single mothers
Because the church has long defined marriage as central to lay Catholic identity, Catholic single mothers have sometimes stayed hidden in the shadows.