The New York Historical Society is presenting, “World War I Beyond the Trenches” as part of the 100th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I.
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., was the literary editor of America and the author of six books, including Dante to Dead Man Walking: One Reader’s Journey through the Christian Classics and American Journey of Eric Sevareid.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
What does it mean to prove one’s “manhood” in war?
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., America’s books editor, considers shifting masculine ideals in film and literature.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
The Return of James Baldwin
A discerning critic of the American project has become a prophet for our time.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
News from the literary world: more things to read
America’s books editor surveys interesting recent articles on literature.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Heal the Living’ and the miracle of organ donation
There is hardly a religious word in all of “Heal the Living,” but the film doesn’t need them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Many Things
Reading may be private act, but it has always had a social dimension.
Welcome to America’s biannual literary review
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
“Frantz” may be the most Christian film you will see this year.
François Ozon directs a parable set in the years immediately following World War I.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Russia needs a truth commission now.
The story of a corrupt president, Boris Yeltsin, and his successor, Putin, trying to reconstruct their country as a world power
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
It’s time to admit it: Benedict Cumberbatch isn’t a good Sherlock Holmes
Is Sherlock Holmes back? Well, it depends on how we define “back.”
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
America’s ten best reviewed books of 2016
What books made the reader a better person when he or she turned the final page?