Catherine Osborne has produced a significant study of changing tastes in the construction of American Catholic churches between 1925 and 1975.
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Review: One giant leap for mankind
The lunar landing was the seminal event of a decade that began with promise and ended with sorrow.
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Review: What dead animals (and novels) can teach us about live humans
Kristen Arnett’s novel is about intimacy and wanting what is forbidden, about childhood and family, about absent parents and absent lovers, and about the secondhand self-destruction that can be wrought by ignoring cries of the heart.
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The God-Haunted Characters of James Lee Burke
In 37 novels and two short story collections, Burke writes about characters who struggle to do good in a context of pervasive evil.
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Review: Why is it so hard for white people to talk about racism?
As the multicultural educator Robin DiAngelo points out in her recent book, “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” many white people fail even to recognize racism for what it really is.
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Review: ‘1984’ is about the past and the present (not the future)
Dorian Lynskey attempts to explain “what Orwell’s book actually is, how it came to be written, and how it has shaped the world” in “The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell’s 1984.”
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Review: What is the role of religion in the academy?
In his book, “Religion in the University,” a reworking of a series of lectures given at Yale in 2001, Nicholas Wolterstorff examines a range of assumptions held by academics.
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Review: One giant leap for mankind
The culmination of President John F. Kennedy’s vision, the lunar landing was the seminal event of a decade that began with promise and ended with sorrow, including assassinations, wars and social upheaval.
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Review: ‘Dignity’ is a photo exploration of our nation’s deep divides
‘Dignity’ is part a long tradition of writers who left their lives of comfort to study squalor and decline,
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America’s Summer Reading Guide
I surveyed America editors and staff to get a list of titles they would recommend for a quick summer read—or perhaps lengthy reading project.