Gail Lumet Buckley reviews “Dickey Chapelle Under Fire” By John Garofolo.
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Harry Potter still captivates fans, cultivating theological conversations
Fr. William Rieser, S.J., chair of the religious studies department at Holy Cross, makes the connection of the Harry Potter books to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
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Father James Martin’s guide to holy places and people
Timothy Wadkins reviews “James Martin: Essential Writings,” edited by James T. Keane.
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It’s time to reclaim Thoreau from motivational memes
If Thoreau’s words merely decorate the playrooms of grown children, his burial is long overdue.
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‘A great and mysterious force’
Daniel J. Morrissey reviews “Sex and the Constitution” by Geoffrey R. Stone.
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Fixing the capitalist system
John Matteson reviews “The Fate of the West” by Bill Emmott
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Those familiar strangers
Jennifer Levasseur reviews “Between Them: Remembering My Parents” by Richard Ford.
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How to build a better preacher
Father Thomas J. Scirghi recognizes how much preparation good preaching requires.
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No one wants to be meek. But that’s how Jesus finds us.
Love cannot be violent, cannot force itself; love must endure injury with patience and without resentment.
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Augustine gets a makeover in new translation. He hardly needed it.
Instead of the fusty old churchman we all know, Sarah Ruden’s Augustine is a dreamer, an artist, a poet.