Books

Margaret Trost was a well-to-do American successful in business happily married with a healthy son Then in the late 1990s her husband died suddenly and unexpectedly In her grief she decided on impulse to go to Haiti with a group of faith-based social justice activists ldquo I was invited to

The largest migration in human history has nothing to do with barbarian tribes the slave trade or Ellis Island It is the movement of 130 million Chinese who starting in the late 1970s have poured out of rural China into the cities No one person could adequately analyze or summarize this tremend

Genocide Uncovered; Ignatian Insights; Avian Awareness

An atheist turned agnostic considers God

Some months ago my wife and I stood in the square facing the dome and western facade of St Mark rsquo s Basilica in Venice We marveled at the intriguing blend of Eastern and Western architecture before us We later visited the chapel in the crypt where the body of St Mark had lain for several ce

Toni Morrison's 'A Mercy,' reviewed

Richard Swinburne is a British philosopher who has specialized in defending theism and Christian truth claims Appealing to common human experience biblical writings and the church rsquo s tradition Swinburne argues that it is more likely that God exists than that he does not more likely than not

Patrick Taylor's 'An Irish Country Christmas,' reviewed