What one believes about God bears directly on what one believes about the future of the human person.
Robert E. Lauder
The Rev. Robert E. Lauder is a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn and a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University, N.Y. He is the author of several books, including Pope Francis’ Profound Personalism and Poverty and Pope Francis’ Spirituality and Our Story.
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Art of Transcendence: Two new films examine the Jewish experience
“As Seen Through These Eyes” helps us to see that human creativity can transcend even the most inhuman situations.
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After Alice: The emergence of a new kind of Catholic novel
With Alice McDermott, a new and different kind of Catholic novel has appeared.
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Divine Direction: A conversation with Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann talks about faith, Ingmar Bergman and directing “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
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Accept the Absurd: Beckett and Kierkegaard, Godot and Christ
God, Samuel Beckett and the ‘Theater of the Absurd’
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Sanctity and the Secular: Have contemporary artists lost the idea of holiness?
Why do contemporary artists have such difficulty depicting holiness?
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Woodys World
Woody Allen’s latest film, “Match Point,” is probably one of the most explicitly atheistic films in the history of American cinema. It is also a vivid illustration of the nihilistic worldview that Allen has been presenting in most of his films for nearly 40 years. While God is abse