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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Review: What Marshall McLuhan can teach us in the age of digital media
Marshall McLuhan’s media theories proved prophetic for the age of mass communications—and his religious beliefs played a role in his theories.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican cardinal tells EWTN: Catholic media must be in communion with pope
Media, especially those calling themselves Catholic, “must strive not to spread hate, but rather to promote a non-hostile communication,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin told employees of EWTN and its affiliated outlets.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Goodbye ‘Dear Evan Hansen.’ You helped us understand the anxieties of young people today.
On Sunday, Sept. 18, “Dear Evan Hansen” finished its Broadway run. During its six-year run, it was a touchstone in the ongoing conversation about the mental health of young people today.
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Podcast: The Problem with Celebrity Christians (and Christian Celebrities)
On the season premiere of Jesuitical, Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless talk with Katelyn Beaty about the rise of celebrity priests and pastors and dangers of having a faith that is centered on charismatic individuals.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The missing piece of Shia LaBeouf’s conversation with Bishop Barron: the stories of abuse victims
There is no reason to doubt Bishop Barron’s good intentions. But his conversation with Shia LaBeouf offers another example of the kind of disregard for victims and women that is so often leveled against Catholic leaders.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Social justice isn’t really a new religion. It still hasn’t figured out forgiveness.
Here in deep-blue Manhattan, I know a lot of people who would indeed see “religion” as a slur.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Bad Bunny is a spiritual guide for our postmodern culture
Bad Bunny’s allusions to God, astrology and spiritism speak to young people who find themselves bored with middle-of-the-road secularism.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
You’re not a Bad Catholic. You’re just in your ‘Sleepy Peter Era’
By calling that time or series of not great choices an “era,” you recontextualize that experience. It is something that happened at a point or during a period in time that is now, emphasis added, over.
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Pope Francis asks Catholic media to combat ‘toxicity, hate speech and fake news’
The pope told Catholic communicators they have an important role to play “through media education, networking Catholic media and countering lies and misinformation.”