Anglican theologian and biblical scholar N. T. Wright argues that the only way to real understanding is the revelation of God in Jesus Christ.
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Review: Yaa Gyasi’s fully human characters
Come to Yaa Gyasi’s fiction, all you who are weary and burdened, and she will give you heartbreak.
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Review: Life is dull. Enjoy it anyway.
Anne Tyler’s new novel can help us realize that life often is not spectacular or about jumping from one big event to the next.
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Review: Marilynne Robinson returns to Gilead
Those familiar with the Gilead story will find in Marilynne Robinson’s latest novel another beautiful meditation on grace operative in spite of habits of despair and the social sins that feed them.
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Los Angeles: a city of faith, beauty and pain
A longtime historian of Los Angeles explores and deconstructs the mythical city of boosters, developers and “perpetual reinvention.”
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The art of book reviewing
If you think being a writer is nerve-wracking, try being a reviewer.
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What ‘The Lord of the Rings’ can teach us about U.S. politics, Christianity and power
Tolkien’s fiction reminds us that power cannot be controlled; it enslaves you. To act freely is to acknowledge your limits, to see the journey as a long road that includes dozens of future elections, and to fight against the temptation for power.
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Looking for a spooky read? Here are Catholic horror books to keep you up at night.
In the spirit of Halloween, we offer a selection of frightening books with Catholic themes—some written by Catholic authors, some not—that will haunt you into at least tomorrow, and maybe forever.
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We created our present-day crises. It’s uncomfortable but not unfixable.
Jason Blakely show that the very tools we human beings use to try to understand the world in fact end up constructing it, for better or for worse.
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Review: The Native American fight for survival in a white world
Stephen Graham Jones’s new novel creates an extraordinary portrait of sacrifice and costly reconciliation.