David Henkin explores the history and development of the week as a unit of time—the only one that has no basis in astronomical rhythms.
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Review: The difference between ‘becoming like God’ and ‘playing God’? The virtues of humility and gratitude.
David McPherson’s new book on the importance of placing limitations on our ambitions and desires touches on existential, political, moral and economic questions.
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Review: Mother Teresa’s dark night of the soul—as told by her beloved friend
Jim Towey tells of his long friendship and collaboration with Mother Teresa in ‘To Love and Be Loved.’
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Review: A master class in Christian apologetics for the 21st century
Roger Haight’s latest book is a master class in Christian apologetics. Haight’s study rises from pointed questions put to the believer, questions that cannot be ignored or wished away.
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Jane Austen’s greatest lesson? Becoming the person God created you to be
Jane Austen’s literary genius lies in the fact that she crafts stories that impart the most pressing of human concerns in what seem at first the most mundane of experiences. It makes her a valuable guide to life.
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Review: Predicting (and preventing) the next civil war
Barbara F. Walter offers a handy guide for predicting where political instability is most likely to occur—and it is usually when that country is moving away from democracy.
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Review: Two scholars on Covid, mortality and the meaning of friendship
While a new book of letters between Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor uses the early months of the pandemic as the background and occasion for their letters, the friendship they display is vastly more interesting.
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Review: What modern Catholicism gets wrong about the doctrine of atonement
The doctrine of atonement has fallen into disfavor in some theological circles and into general neglect in Catholic life. Margaret Turek’s new book offers insights about the doctrine’s importance.
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Review: What happens when athletic heroes fall out of love with the game?
Sports memoirs tend to have a certain arc: the odyssey of the triumphant athlete. But every now and then, a retired athlete—like Jerry West, Abby Wambach and Gale Sayers—tells a more complicated story.
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Review: The U.S. is a nation of immigrants. Or is it?
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s new book is a fierce diagnosis of what continues to tear America apart.