Father Kabat, who called himself “a fool for Christ,” spent more than 17 of his 88 years in prison for his activism against the U.S. nuclear weapons program. He died on Aug. 4.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point
From 1981: Father Carl Kabat of the Plowshares Eight on the risk of speaking truth
Five months after the “Plowshares Eight” performed a peace witness at the G.E. plant in King of Prussia, Pa., its members—including the Rev. Carl Kabat—were found guilty of burglary, criminal mischief and criminal conspiracy. Father Kabat is profiled here.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
How ‘House of the Dragon’ can learn from the mistakes of ‘Game of Thrones’—and the Catholic Church
Pope Francis has not weighed in on the new show. (As he doesn’t watch television, this is not unexpected.) But on his behalf, we have a couple of notes we’d like to share from a Catholic perspective.
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Nathan Fielder’s comedy is hilarious. But that doesn’t give him a pass to toy with people’s lives.
Rather than using jokes to make a larger point, Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” derives its humor from making fun of ordinary people.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings: Telling Stories to Save Lives
As modern-day evangelists, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien are simply unrivaled.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Next time you go to an art museum, bring Jed Perl’s latest book. It will be the ideal companion.
Must art always promote a particular idea or ideology? Jed Perl argues that “the artist in the act of creation must stand firm in the knowledge that art has its own laws and logic.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Water is essential for life. Katy Carl’s debut novel reminds us that God is, too.
Katy Carl’s debut novel traces the slow growth of love between two people thirsting for something more out of life.
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Review: Motherhood and the impossibility of perfect work-life balance
Lara Bazelon’s ‘Ambitious Like a Mother’ raises (perhaps unintentionally) some interesting questions about gender, work, family and ambition—and how individual women (and men) who are blessed with options might want that four-way intersection to look.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Thurible of Belief
Above pew, ambo, and altar
Escape into pungent relief.