Zombies are all the rage. Why, exactly? An essay by Jack McLain, S.J.
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Small Is Beautiful: The lost art of little books
Little books are chief among the things that carry spiritual meaning in my life.
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The Catholic side of Irish soda bread (and the world’s greatest recipe)
Cutting a cross into Irish soda bread dough before placing it in the oven serves both a scientific purpose and a spiritual one.
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Friendly Persuasion: Lessons on social change, from Newman to ‘Juno’
How does a culture change its mind? What makes an entire people repudiate a position once held with blithe certainty?
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Pardon Is the Word: Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and the grace of forgiveness
Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and the grace of forgiveness.
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What’s Next?: Contemporary thinkers tackle life’s big question
What one believes about God bears directly on what one believes about the future of the human person.
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Was Shakespeare Catholic, Protestant or an atheist?
From 2009: On William Shakespeare’s birthday, Kathleen Doherty Fenty asks: Does it matter what his faith was?
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Searching for Christ in a comic book culture
It should not surprise us that the superhero genre has shaped our culture’s understanding of Jesus.
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Accept the Absurd: Beckett and Kierkegaard, Godot and Christ
God, Samuel Beckett and the ‘Theater of the Absurd’