‘Matrix’ and ‘Agatha of Little Neon’ differ in their historical settings, but they both center on women perceiving the ways of the world with absolute clarity, realizing the extent of their power and deciding to use it for the good of others.
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Review: Why we get trapped in conflict, in our families and our politics
Amanda Ripley’s new book offers powerful advice on how to step outside the traps we all fall into when navigating situations of conflict.
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Review: The racism in Western theological education
In his analysis of Western theological education, Willie James Jennings argues for an institution that does not replicate structures of exclusion or division, but rather reflects the image of the body of Christ.
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Review: Sally Rooney writes for millennials in a post-Catholic world
Sally Rooney writes for an audience that lacks faith in an institutional church, yet yearns for something to believe in. She writes for me and my friends.
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Review: A poet’s life in letters
Beyond all its virtuosity and shine, James Merrill’s writing style always had a canny, wry and often mensch-like grasp of human nature.
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Review: Tola Rotimi Abraham traces interior universes in her debut novel
Tola Rotimi Abraham is from Lagos, Nigeria. She writes this, her debut novel, with one foot placed in the intimate and communal confines of Lagos and the other inside her characters’ heads.
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Review: A murder mystery with a twist of Greek tragedy and myth
Alex Michaelides’s new novel is a taut and diligently plotted detective story, entertaining as well as readable in a single sitting.
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Review: How to apply principles of economics to parenting
Emily Oster’s new book wades through the data on questions relevant to many parents of school-age kids. But the book is less about the data itself and more about how to frame decisions on these topics and others in the most effective, logical and efficient way.
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Review: Jonathan Franzen revisits God, sin and the suburbs in his new novel, ‘Crossroads’
From a vision in a chapel to a man washing his enemy’s feet, ‘Crossroads’ shows snapshots of religion in everyday life.
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The grace of a good priest: Neil Connolly and the South Bronx’s resurrection story
Angel Garcia tells the story of the Rev. Neil Connolly, a priest with a deep faith in his parishioners, who carried their faith from the mountains of Puerto Rico to the streets of the Bronx.