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.
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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.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Whom are you excluding because you know their weakness?
History records many great men and women who would have been set aside without the aid of someone able to see past their faults.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Memoir of secretly baptized Jewish boy under new scrutiny
The kidnapping became an international scandal and contributed to the anti-clerical sentiment sweeping across Europe.