Books

In late October 2004 James Martin S J an associate editor of America got a surprise phone call from the actor Sam Rockwell Sam was developing his role as Judas for an Off-Broadway production of a new play 8220 The Last Days of Judas Iscariot 8221 by Stephen Adly Guirgis Because Sam was

After traveling through the United States in 1831-32 Alexis de Tocqueville famously marveled at the American phenomenon that gave rise to what we now know as the social or independent nonprofit sector Americans group together to hold f tes found seminaries build inns construct churches distr

Dorothy Stang the American missionary murdered in Brazil three years ago shines forth in two new biographies that join the growing network of materials about her life and work Roseanne Murphy also a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and the biographer of their congregation 8217 s fo

Bart D. Ehrman's 'God's Problem,' reviewed

Allow me to presume that you are one of those mildly perverse people who finds delight in stories that run counter to your usual fuddy-duddy moral judgments offered in public If so then we know that there are several sure-fire kinds of narrative that never lose the naughty appeal of slumming with

At the height of the sexual abuse crisis in Boston Cardinal Bernard Law claimed that canon law had prevented him from taking action to protect victims Victims responded Canon law was irrelevant to us Children were being abused Sexual predators were being protected The Boston Globe July 7 200

Elizabeth Johnson 8217 s theological talent has flourished in many ways much to the benefit of the academy and the church She is one of the co-creators of a modern theological genre feminist theology and her contributions to this genre one of the most exciting developments in the history of th

Mary Gordon's 'Circling My Mother,' reviewed

In large part this book about U S -Iranian-Israeli international relations sets out to make a case for the progressive secularization of the post-revolutionary Iranian state In Treacherous Alliance Trita Parsi adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University argues cogent

For many readers Jim Forest is inextricably connected to The Catholic Worker movement which he joined in 1961 when he was a part-time student at Hunter College and after his discharge from the U S Navy as a conscientious objector In his earlier books he has written well about Dorothy Day Thomas