Arts & Culture, Books

Review: Roger Angell’s love for our national pastime

by Jill Brennan O'Brien June 14, 2019

Joe Bonomo’s well-written take on Roger Angell’s musings on baseball.

Arts & Culture, Books

Review: A new biography shares the endearing human side of Raymond E. Brown

by Joseph McAuley June 14, 2019

A devotee of the opera, Brown eagerly gave tickets to his students, hoping to get them totally immersed in the arias he loved.

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Review: Can the university be sacred space for reasoned discourse?

by Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. June 14, 2019

John Sexton’s passion and commitment are infectious, and one cannot help hoping along with him that our universities will be able to realize the great aspirations that he has for them.

Arts & Culture, Books

Review: James Cone, the father of Black theology

by Anthea Butler June 8, 2019

James Cone’s autobiography shows that theology does not arrive out of a sterile doctrinal laboratory but from the pains, sufferings and triumphs of the people of God.

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Review: The unhealthy state of U.S. health care

by Tobias Winright May 31, 2019

The costs of medicine in the United States are addressed in different, though complementary, ways in two new books on broken U.S. health care.

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Review: The ministry and mission of Catholic health care

by Andrea Vicini May 31, 2019

A new book offers continuing critical reflection on the ministry of Catholic health care.

Arts & Culture, Books

Review: Elaine Pagels on what it means to be human

by Michael J. O’Loughlin May 31, 2019

A new memoir by Elaine Pagels plumbs some of the deepest questions about what it means to be human and how ritual and faith can help make sense of the unfathomable.

Arts & Culture, Books

Review: What can we do about rising sea levels?

by Kate Stein May 31, 2019

A new book on sea-level rise by Elizabeth Rush is a welcome addition to the small but growing canon on what the changing climate means for U.S. residents.