Alan Jacobs’s new book is a collage of the intellectual considerations of five thinkers who, in their experience of the violence of World War II and their revulsion at the fascism that fueled it, contemplate the nature of education and its renewal after the anticipated Allied victory.
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Posted inExplainer, Faith
The root of the China-Vatican agreement: Napoleon
Napoleon’s consolidation of power in France in 1801 involved the recognition of the pope as the “ordinary and immediate pastor” of the universal church—a key component in the impending agreement between the Vatican and China.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Idols, icons, images, illusions: Reviewing Mary Beard’s ‘How Do We Look’
Mary Beard’s new book is about the viewer as well as the viewed. It prompts us to think about how we construct our sense of civilization and the troubling ways that artistic depictions of the human and the divine serve to cement bias and, sometimes, provoke violence.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
New exhibit highlights the forgotten history of the Chicano resistance
On the 50th anniversary of many historic moments of the Chicano movement, a new photography exhibit at The Autry in Los Angeles is telling the Chicano story through the eyes of its participants.
Posted inCommunity, Of Many Things
America Jeopardy! 2018: Answers, er, Questions
The Answers, er, Questions for America Jeopardy 2018.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We have to remember our national sins on Independence Day—but without despair
Our love of America should not be blinkered or unmindful. We must face the failures to live up to our commitments squarely and without stint.
Posted inCommunity, Of Many Things
It’s time for America Jeopardy! 2018! How well will you fare?
Please remember to phrase your responses in the form of a question. For some reason, that’s important. Have a blessed summer!
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
The untold history of black nuns in the United States
Dr. Shannen Dee Williams is uncovering the previously hidden lives of African-American women religious.
Posted inArts & Culture, News
Stolen relic of early pope found and returned to London cathedral
A relic of bones of an early pope was given to the Catholic Church after it was stolen from a car and recovered by a waste disposal company.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Bobby Kennedy’s anniversary is not a moment for mourning but an hour for hope.
As he did for Bobby Kennedy, God calls every one of us out of darkness and into his light.