A year after his death, a look back on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh—and his influence on many American writers on nonviolence, mindfulness and contemplative spirituality.
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Putting Vatican II into action: The life of Archbishop John Quinn
In his many articles for America over the years (his first appeared in 1968), Archbishop John Quinn tackled issues ranging from synodality to sex abuse to the priest shortage to abortion. Do those sound familiar today?
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Review: Sargent Shriver and the ‘Catholic streak’ that modern politics needs
In ‘Spiritualizing Politics Without Politicizing Religion,’ James R. Price and Kenneth R. Melchin argue that we need Sargent Shriver’s “Catholic streak” now more than ever to break through what they call the “fog of the contemporary culture wars.”
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Review: The Cambridge critics who revolutionized the way you read
With his new book ‘The Critical Revolutionaries,’ Terry Eagleton focuses on the scholars who revolutionized literary study and foreshadowed the New Criticism movement that became widespread in mid-century American universities.
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Review: A portrait of the Golden Age of journalism
In his new book, ‘The Noise of Typewriters: Remembering Journalism,’ Lance Morrow brings together memoir and history to remember some of journalism’s greatest moments.
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Review: Facing war up close
Ben Kesling’s ‘Bravo Company’ tells the story of a U.S. Army infantry company before, during and after a difficult deployment to Afghanistan in 2009.
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Review: Two novels about women of laughter and resilience
In ‘How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water’ by Angie Cruz and ‘Factory Girls’ by Michelle Gallen, readers encounter female protagonists who are smart, tough, hilarious survivors.
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The life and legacy of John LaFarge, a Jesuit pioneer for racial justice
John LaFarge, S.J., a longtime editor at America, was also one of the nation’s leading advocates for racial justice beginning in the 1920s.
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The Pulitzer winner who predicted Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes 25 years ago
A quarter-century after its release, Steven Millhauser’s ‘Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer’ shines a harsh but revealing light on some of the 21st century’s most powerful forces and enigmatic personalities.
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The secret to Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s power: ‘A thinking head and a feeling heart’
Archbishop Fulton Sheen used radio, television, books and more to evangelize for decades—including some spicy articles for America.