The central concern of the Rev. James Heft in his new book is not only how “to preserve the continuity of the Catholic intellectual tradition, but also recognize how it might be adapted.”
Arts & Culture
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Review: The Sri Lankan civil war story told through poetry, humor and murder mystery
Shehan Karunatilaka’s new novel echoes elements of several all-time classics, including ‘The Divine Comedy,’ ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and almost everything by Kurt Vonnegut, whose voice and vision can be felt throughout.
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Review: The invitation to everyday holiness found in spiritual memoirs
In ‘Our Hearts Are Restless: The Art of Spiritual Memoir,’ Richard Lischer explores classics of “an intimate genre, perhaps the most intimate.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Willie Nelson’s Amazing Grace
Willie Nelson might not be the first person who comes to mind when you think of a “Christian musician.” But he has long talked about his admiration for the teachings of Jesus.
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Why America magazine still publishes poetry
The poetry of Amit Majmudar, whom America has published 10 times in the past few years, moves easily between the mystical and the ordinary, the one rooted in the other.
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The secular scripture of ‘Deep Work’ and ‘Atomic Habits’: Making the most of the time God gives us
The best “time maximizing” methods can lead us to a space where God can maximize our souls and inhabit everything we do.
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‘Parade,’ ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘Camelot’ offer a history lesson on the American musical
Three strong new revivals offer an instructive comparative lens through which to view the form’s development over the decades.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Hulu’s ‘The Pope: Answers’ is the most thrilling movie out right now
The conversation of “The Pope: Answers” offers a provocative image of what church could be.
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In Hulu’s ‘The Pope: Answers,’ Pope Francis talks abortion, gender identity, dating apps and more with 10 young adults
“The Pope: Answers,” a new film on Hulu featuring the pope in conversation with 10 young Spanish-speaking people between the ages of 20 and 25, is a lived example of the culture of encounter to which Pope Francis exhorts us.
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Comedy is born of tragedy in the Irish memoir ‘Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?’
Seamas O’Reilly mines a family tragedy for mirth and good storytelling in ‘Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?’ James T. Keane offers his thoughts on this latest selection for the Catholic Book Club.