Abstraction is fundamentally inhuman, even anti-human.
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What angels can teach us about being human
In ‘Wings of Desire,’ Damiel is tired of pretense, tired of spending eternity as a pure spirit.
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David Brooks on William F. Buckley Jr.
“I was very much introduced to the Catholic world through Buckley,” David Brooks says about William F. Buckley Jr., the founder of National Review and one of the leading intellectuals of the conservative movement in the United States beginning in the mid-1950s.
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David Brooks on his life-changing pilgrimage with St. Augustine and Dorothy Day
The long pilgrimage of David Brooks has led him to explore Christianity and embrace a life lived in tension.
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Toni Morrison made living in this world more bearable
Morrison’s work conveyed the pain, sacrifice and trauma that exemplifies so much of the African-American experience.
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What do millennials want from religion? Three shows have the answer.
“Hadestown,” “The Good Place” and “Fleabag” tackle life’s big questions.
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Why do Catholic priests keep popping up in sci-fi?
Science fiction writers continue to turn to religious characters, imagery and ideas to sort things out.
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Questioning the narrative about the Treaty of Versailles
The treaty’s offhand attitude toward the non-European world stirred up resentments that lingered for decades.
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Kate Bowler on the spiritual myths about health
Kate Bowler talks with the hosts of “Jesuitical,” Ashley McKinless, Olga Segura and Zac Davis, and explains what her cancer diagnosis taught her about American Christianity and more.
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Review: New exhibit reminds us the Holocaust wasn’t long ago or far away
“Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage speaks to the horror of the Holocaust and the courage and determination of its survivors.