An interview with Jordan Flaherty, author of ‘No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality.’
Books
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
How to Live a Committed Life
Following Rhona Tarrant’s news review, this week Eileen Markey speaks to Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., about her latest book, A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. In this clip Eileen Markey discusses why Sister Maura was assassinated in El Salvador and the great contributions of the Maryknoll sisters.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The church has never taught that justice is inevitable.
If human progress itself is God’s agent of change, why does God, or humanity, need a church?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Can religion ever be considered in isolation?
“All of us come from a place we mistake for universal,” Kenneth L. Woodward explains, “So you should know something of mine.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Soldiers have always needed drugs to get them through their brutal missions.
How can we justify the military giving addictive pills to their warriors?
Posted inFaith, In All Things
On grieving the loss of a spouse
Finding faith after an unexpected death.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
René Girard’s work could help us tackle the politics of scapegoating
Learning to see Girard as an “unlikely apologist” for the Christian story does not undermine orthodox faith—it is an extremely viable path forward.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
‘Chaos Monkeys’ peers through the opacity of online advertising
With a sense of itself as the future of humanity, Facebook proves to be no ordinary company. When you’ve got a billion users, Martínez points out, it doesn’t matter if your advertising model is enormously flawed.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Why we need Catholics telling stories in every possible way
So what defines a Catholic novel? I am still struggling with that question. But I know that that which asks most of us is most worthy of us.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
From stenographer to author to icon: Jane Jacobs’ tremendous career and legacy
As one reviewer observed, “She began by writing about sidewalks and finished with an account of Western civilization itself.”