The burqa makes the woman a wraith in our midst, depriving her of recognizable humanity.

Reinventing Bach is a curious and wonderful book delightful and challenging at the same time Among musicologists and classical music lovers Johann Sebastian Bach rsquo s place in the canon of western music is secure but what Paul Elie demonstrates is that Bach has a place much bigger than that

Emilie Griffin on how Christian faith informs life’s journey, especially in the later years.

Graham Greene has had more malevolent biographers than anyone is due.

This is an important book on religion morality and law In Law rsquo s Virtues Cathleen Kaveny a legal scholar and moral theologian argues that law ldquo can should and does rdquo function as a moral teacher even in the United States a pluralistic representative democracy committed to indivi

On Nov 2 by coincidence the liturgical day on which Catholics remember the dead The Washington Post following a practice begun in 2003 printed full- page the ldquo Faces of the Fallen rdquo 45 portraits of the American soldiers and Marines who died in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanista