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
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
A new book offers continuing critical reflection on the ministry of Catholic health care.
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Review: Elaine Pagels on what it means to be human
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.
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Review: What can we do about rising sea levels?
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.
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Review: Canada’s undivine comedy
For all its campus-novel punches, Randy Boyagoda’s new novel most succeeds in limning the ways his title character’s faith bends to his needs.
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Poet Gregory Pardlo on growing up with a complicated father
Greg Pardlo’s new memoir clips quickly along and burdens the reader with almost no slow moments.
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Review: What if Noah’s ark was told through his wife’s perspective?
Sarah Blake’s dream-like and intriguing first novel introduces us to the wife of Noah.
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Review: Northern Ireland’s painful past is far from over
Patrick Radden Keefe delivers a searing portrait of Irish women and men struggling to make sense of their past and their memories.
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Review: When movies partied like it was 1999
1999 was the year of incredible movies, both in terms of quality and quantity.