Voices
John A. Coleman S.J., is an associate pastor at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco. For many years he was the Casassa Professor of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. His books and other writing have focused largely on areas connected to sociology of religion and also to social ethics. His most recent work has concentrated on issues of globalization.
Art
"Even people only casually involved with contemporary art tend to bookmark memories by their first encounter with William Kentridge.
Film
The Italian film "Gomorra" lends a more ominous meaning to the famous epithet, "See Naples and Die."
Books
'Cruel and Unusual': a book about television, punishment and God
In All Things
I sat riveted to my seat for two plus hours watching the prize-winning film by Matteo Garrone Gomorra At times I squirmed nervously viewing some violence or murders in the film The film which won the Grand Pris at Cannes in 2008 and the European film prize the same year inexplicably was overlo
A Lenten reflection on The Mocking of Christ
Art
Gerrit van Honthorst's painting The Mocking of Christ is a painful reminder of the cruel, sardonic mocking of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
In All Things
On March 5 the California Supreme Court began its hearings for its decision on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 passed as a referendum by California voters in November 2008 affirming that marriage is to be defined nbsp as between a man and a woman Proposition 8 was supported by 52 of t
In All Things
Like many other concerned citizens who are not specialists in climatology I have regularly looked for some helpful keys to understand and assess the many controverted claims about global warming How fast is it happening How urgent is it that we act now At what level of parts per million can we t
In All Things
Waltz with Bashir is unlike any other film I have ever seen Both a documentary and an animation film--it is competing for Academy awards for both best animation and best foreign film from Israel--it is a surrealistic often harrowing and deeply thought-provoking film I left the showing literally
In All Things
I have determined to spend the last week of Advent and the first week of Christmas meditating and reflecting on Edward Hicks rsquo The Peaceable Kingdom Hicks a Pennsylvania Quaker 1780-1849 was an autodidact as a painter although later in life he trained apprentices including the importan