Some of you may know that America s former editor Thomas Reese S J is a contributor to On Faith a blog co-sponsored by Newsweek and the Washington Post Well here s Fr Reese on Mitt Romney s speech on religion and politics Governor Mitt Romney s speech shows the importance of havi
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O’Collins on ‘Spe Salvi’
The ever prolific Gerald O Collins has reviewed Pope Benedict s encyclical Spe Salvi for America An early preview is now online Here s a taste The pope s message combines a pastor s concern for his people with a scholarly use of the scriptures and an effective appeal to some great v
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Richard Russo’s Catholic Language
Kudos to my friend and colleague Bill McGarvey over at BustedHalo for snagging an interview with author Richard Russo I m a big fan of Russo who is one of the funniest writers around Straight Man made me laugh as much as Lucky Jim Well almost as much Perceptive readers of Russo s fic
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Lilla on Religion
If you haven t done so already be sure to check out editor in chief Drew Christiansen s discussion of The Stillborn God with sociologist Jose Casanova Mark Lilla s new books has received a number of approving reviews and was excerpted on the cover of the New York Times magazine But both
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Welcome to “In All Things”
Welcome to In All Things the new editorial blog from America magazine Inspired by the magazine s popular Of Many Things column our new group blog will feature daily commentary from the magazine s editors and writers on a variety of topics from politics to sports from issues of bioethic
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Word Columns for Sept. 23
This Sunday is the twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time In his reflection Father Daniel Harrington writes about the subject of money and God in Luke s gospel The words money and spirituality are seldom found in the same sentence Yet Luke and other biblical writers give a good deal
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Increasing our visibility
To increase the visibility of our blog we ve set up an account with Technorati a site that helps viewers keep track of their favorite blogs If you have an account with Technorati and would like to add us to your list of favorites click Add to Technorati Favorites Tim Reidy Online Editor
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Word Columns for September 2
Our open house is officially over but you can still access old Word columns by registering with our site From now on Father Daniel Harrington s current Word column will only be available to subscribers Our special 12 offer is still in effect so we hope you ll join us It s a great deal
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Word Columns for Sunday August 26
This Sunday is the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr Daniel Harrington writes about the notion of universalism which was often debated by the Jewish leaders of Jesus time As a theological doctrine universalism claims that all of us will be saved or restored to holiness and happiness The bib
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Open House Ending
Our open house is coming to an end on August 31 but we hope you ll stay with us For just 12 you can continue access all of the articles in America including the latest Word columns If you have registered with America s site visit your member home page New visitors can click here to take