Eric Foner’s new book tells a sad story: how the U.S. Supreme Court, many Southern states and Congress delayed the implementation of three important constitutional amendments for nearly a century.
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Review: A plague’s worldwide devastation
Lawrence Wright’s new thriller deals with the effects of a killer pandemic.
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Review: The continued fight to eradicate clergy sex abuse
Nualy Kenny’s new book on clergy sex abuse reminds us there are solutions to this deep crisis that need to be implemented with urgency.
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Review: A revolutionary history
Matthew Lockwood’s new book shows how the events of the 1770s had reverberations far beyond American shores.
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Reading James Baldwin can help heal the wounds of racial division
Baldwin’s words explore what hatred can do not only to society at large but to the individual who bears it.
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Review: Arguing with Timothy Radcliffe
How can Christian faith be made sensible to our contemporaries?
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Review: Stranger than fiction
A spy story that sounds like a novel, but is true to life.
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Review: Understanding America’s wheat farmers
From bleeding sunsets in Texas to golden wheatfields in Oklahoma to the rolling plains of western Nebraska, Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s new book documents every stop in the wheat harvesters’ odyssey with striking lyricism and intricate detail.
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Review: How can we build a just society?
Are we right to tear down our institutions? Or do they have a role to play in a well-ordered society?
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Review: Phyllis Zagano makes the case for women deacons
While Phyllis Zagano thoughtfully draws out the theological implications of her research, her main point is historical: There is simply no precedent on which to base the exclusion of women from the diaconate in the Catholic Church.