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.
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Review: Has the Catholic Church in Ireland learned anything from the testimonies of abuse survivors?
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.