Books

Massimo Franco a distinguished columnist for the Corriere della Sera of Milan presents an interesting thesis in this book which he states in the introduction ldquo In probing the relationship between these two extremities of Western civilization mdash the United States at one end and the papacy

Where science and spirituality meet

T C Boyle rsquo s big brilliant novel The Women tells the story of a larger-than-life man rsquo s larger-than-life loves This account of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright rsquo s relationships with the women who devoted themselves to him in the course of his long life is the second novel in two y

Jay Dolan's 'The Irish Americans,' reviewed

The first question that comes to mind about these two eminently sensible books is ldquo who reads them and why rdquo There must be an audience for the issues addressed Baker and O rsquo Malley rsquo s Leading With Kindness is one of an exhausting number of books on the topic Amazon lists 311 487

Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop and the 'great might have been'

John Lukacs’ ‘Last Rites,’ reviewed

Rowan Williams on the faith of Dostoevsky

Is there a reason beyond obligation for going to church For Timothy Radcliffe O P former master general of the Dominican order we go to church to receive a gift mdash a share in God rsquo s life through faith hope and love and to be sent forth to live by what we have received The major thesi