“Ordinary moments make the life”—not the catastrophe that we humans experience, or imagine we will one day experience.
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Thomas Jefferson’s life of promoting liberty—underpinned by slavery
Besides having a great mind, Jefferson had a great ego—also for good and ill.
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Why the gods should be fully present in history and culture
Orsi traces the rise of “absence” to the religious debates of the 16th century.
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Francis the Dreamer
‘Francis, Bishop of Rome,’ by Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., and ‘Go into the Streets!’ by Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., and Richard R. Gaillardetz
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A World Embrace
“Joan Chittister,” by Tom Roberts; “Two Dogs and a Parrot,” by Joan Chittister