Paul Thomas Anderson has already cemented his mark on Hollywood, but “One Battle After Another” may well serve as his crown jewel.
History
Posted inBooks
Review: A new twist on a classic text
In their compelling new translation of the “Aeneid,” Scott McGill and Susannah Wright offer a dynamic, poignant and thought-provoking take on this classic poem.
Posted inNews
After 800 years of silence, the oldest pipe organ in the Christian world plays again
Researchers believe that the Crusaders brought the organ to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, in the 11th century during their period of rule over Jerusalem. After a century of use, the Crusaders buried it to protect it from invading Muslim armies.
Posted inShort Take
Trump wants to erase history in parks and museums. Catholics should insist on the truth.
Refusing to acknowledge the shameful parts of United States history prevents real progress and flourishing.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
100 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial: religion, science and the era of eugenic racism
The Scopes trial has long been depicted as a clash between modern science and religious fundamentalism. But it was also a chapter in the eugenic racism that had become a creed of social elites in the early 20th century.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Religion scholar Elaine Pagels asks the right questions—and gives the wrong answers
A Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
Posted inFaith and Reason
A Catholic challenge to American exceptionalism
Is it possible to embrace the idea of a special, evenly divinely ordained mission for America without violating Christian ethical principles?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Aimee Semple McPherson, America’s first media evangelist
In “Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson,’ Claire Hoffman delivers with a fast-paced page turner on the life of Aimee Semple McPherson. This biography brings into print another review of the achievements and personal failures of this major pioneer of media evangelism.
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Decline and fall? Christian Smith on the demise of traditional faith
In ‘Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America,’ Christian Smith argues that traditional institutional religion has lost its grasp on America—at least among Americans under the age of 50.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
A relic of America magazine’s Jesuit patron, Edmund Campion
The patron saint of ‘America’ is Edmund Campion, S.J.—for several different reasons.