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Posted inCulture, Politics & Society
Can Obama’s policies survive a Trump regime?
After decades of books that described presidential campaigns as thrill rides, political scientists have begun to push back.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A small land with an outsized role
While it has long been a gleam in the Russian eye, it has been a thorn for Western diplomacy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The Native American Holy Man who did not surrender all to the Jesuits
What Black Elk taught his people was to depend instead on something harder to take away than guns, the trust that prayers in their own language, delivered in their own way, would reach the god they addressed as Tunkashila.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Reimagining Catholic devotion to Mary: Who is she and what is her role in my life?
“Who is Mary, what is her role in my life and what could I do to get to know her better?”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Why James Joyce said he was a Jesuit (but rebelled against the Catholic Church)
Joyce spent thousands of hours with the Jesuits, who figure prominently in his debut novel.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Novelist Ron Hansen on what it means to be an Ignatian deacon.
The Spiritual Exercises ‘is a work of psychological genius that can only help one live a fuller, richer life,’ Hansen says.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
America’s ten best reviewed books of 2016
What books made the reader a better person when he or she turned the final page?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Remembering martyrs for their humanity, as well as their faith
Maura Clarke might appear to have been a loser in the fight for human dignity. Not so.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Hospice chaplain Kerry Egan reflects on the stories and grace she has encountered in her work.
A hospice chaplain learns that people carry burdensome secrets and regrets, and the prospect of dying makes them want to unload them.