The beatification of Rutilio Grande, S.J., this weekend in San Salvador reminds us of the power of Christian witness and courage in the face of oppression.
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‘The prophet must not have died in vain’: The Jesuits, MLK and the fight for racial justice
John LaFarge, S.J., left an indelible mark on America—particularly in his unflagging devotion to the cause of racial justice for African Americans.
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Joan Didion’s legacy: A chronicler of modern life’s horrors and consolations
Joan Didion was capable both of conjuring up the horrors of modern life and of offering solace that there was still a point to it all.
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John Updike: Suspicious of Santa, but fond of Christ
John Updike, long one of the nation’s finest novelists and short story writers, also wrote extensively about the Christian imagination (and once on his misgivings about Santa Claus).
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Your kid doesn’t want a pony for Christmas. She wants a book.
Over the years, the bookworms at America Media have compiled list upon list of books that would make good Christmas gifts. Here is a sample.
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Wendell Berry: the cranky farmer, poet and essayist you just can’t ignore
Wendell Berry could be described by many labels. More than anything else, he has been a voice of practical reason and concise cultural commentary in his more than 80 books published over six decades.
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Dorothy Day said we are all called to be saints. So why didn’t she want us to officially name her one?
As Dorothy Day’s cause for canonization moves forward, her writings continue to offer a prophetic Christian witness to a complacent world.
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What kind of Catholic are you? How Mary Gordon’s writing tackles the expansiveness of our faith
Mary Gordon is one of America’s greatest Catholic writers—just don’t ask her why she stayed.
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Remembering Barry Lopez, lyrical travel writer and ecological prophet
In almost 20 books published over half a century, Barry Lopez always maintained a tight focus on the interconnectedness—and spiritual value—of all life, from the smallest mushroom to the largest forest.
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Willie James Jennings exposes one of academia’s greatest problems: Non-white students don’t feel like they belong.
Willie James Jennings belongs to a guild in which he never felt he belonged. How do we remake the world of theological education when it still holds up what Jennings calls “white self-sufficient masculinity” as the ideal?