A major takeaway from ‘Saving Michelangelo’s Dome’ is that it is a miracle any pre-modern church is still standing.
Books
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A Catholic prayer for racial justice
Bolstered by extensive research and passionate prose, ‘In the Shadow of Freedom’ makes a compelling argument for Catholics in particular to pay more heed to reconciliation and healing for the racist history of the United States.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Sally Rooney’s ‘Intermezzo’ is occasionally interesting, frequently frustrating and ultimately insufficient
Rooney’s novel ends up as an overlong interlude, poised between significant moments, not substantial enough to compose its own movement.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Garth Greenwell’s mystical novel ‘Small Rain’ teaches the art of living from a hospital bed
Garth Greenwell’s Small Rain is a mystical novel, a story in which illness becomes an occasion for a new attention to one’s life and loves.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Martyrs for the earth
In ‘Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home,’ Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo invites us to look carefully at the lives of modern ecomartyrs as a guide to help us “re-imagine and re-embody the relationship between human beings and the earth.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Debunking marriage myths
Why would you get married? In his new book, ‘Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization,’ Brad Wilcox argues that civilization itself depends upon convincing more Americans to tie the knot.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: New book challenges the ‘villainous’ image of the Vatican Curia
The Vatican Curia is a mystery, but it need not be a shadowy mystery. Anthony Ekpo’s ‘The Roman Curia: History, Theology and Organization’ contributes greatly to our understanding of the structures and organization of the Curia.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Falling out of love with ideology during election season
Jason Blakely’s new book, “Lost in Ideology,” is “quite simply the best guide to today’s dominant ideologies,” writes William Cavanaugh. “Blakely is concise, sympathetic, insightful, critical and fair.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Tomie dePaola and Catholic children’s literature: Who will be the next great author and illustrator?
We are still awaiting the flowering of Catholic literature for young Catholics.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Tim Kaine reminds us what’s possible in a political candidate
In ‘Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside,’ Kaine invites readers on a journey as he narrates his human-powered travels throughout Virginia, where he has served as senator, governor and mayor of Richmond.