In his portrait of a once ultra-devout country undergoing rapid spiritual decline, Derek Scally paints a vivid picture of Irish indifference toward the church.
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Review: Fame, fortune and falls from grace in the 1960s music scene
In his new book, British novelist David Mitchell affirms the irreducible and vivifying goods of the human soul.
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Edgar Allan Poe, scientific pioneer?
To understand the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe demands close attention to his engagements with scientific thought and discoveries.
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Pope Francis, Virgil and the global economy
Mark Carney’s new book makes a succinct argument: We can either continue on the current path of what some argue is amoral wealth generation in a dehumanizing market society, or we can build new systems, grounded in common values, that encourage growth while stewarding resources for future generations.
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Remember your favorite childhood books? Read them again.
Why do most people stop reading children’s books they loved once they come of age? Books from our childhood can still do so much good work for us.
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Flannery O’Connor shows us how to experience God in the midst of upheaval
The relationship between dominant and marginalized characters throughout O’Connor’s body of work offers a theology of displacement—that is, a means of experiencing God in the midst of upheaval, geographic and otherwise.
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What would happen if Jesus ran for president? Roland Merullo’s writing explores this provocative question (and others)
In more than two dozen novels, memoirs, travelogues and other writings, the Massachusetts writer Roland Merullo has proved to be an astute observer of the human condition.
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Sinéad O’Connor longs for transcendence in ‘Rememberings’
At the heart of Sinéad O’Connor’s new memoir is her sense of transcendence and her longing for it, as well as the depth of her religious imagination since childhood.
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Inside the catastrophe itself: Blame and shame in the short stories of Danielle Evans
Many of the short stories in Danielle Evans’s new collection address the reality that so many of our current conflicts center on how to understand, heal from, punish, honor or make amends for past actions.
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The afterlife is having a moment. ‘Beyond’ will help Christians and nonbelievers alike discuss what lies beyond the grave.
With her new book ‘Beyond,’ Catherine Wolff mixes well-written impressionistic summaries of various religious perspectives with personal anecdotes to answer the age-old question of what lies beyond the grave.