A Terrible Freedom January 10, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features Terrance Malick's new film about one man's resistance to Hitler is drenched in poetic repetition of Christian symbol, as integral to his signature film-craft as the play of natural light, the close study of human faces and hands, or voice-over delivered in a near whisper.
Putting Treasure Where the Heart Is January 10, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features Using investment practices to address issues important to people of faith, including human rights and human trafficking, tobacco, gun control, climate change, gender diversity, pay equity, poverty, and immigration.
Fresh Carols for a Global Christmas December 20, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features Kevin Carey draws inspiration from other cultures in this collection of holiday poetry.
Rowan Williams’s Beautiful Grasp of Augustine December 17, 2019 Essays & Reviews Reviewed by John C. Cavadini On Augustine By Rowan Williams Bloomsbury, Pp. xii + 213. $42. To read these essays now published in book form is a little like a homecoming. I had remembered read... Read more...
The Spiritual History of Oil November 5, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features We seldom reflect on the nature and purposes of energy itself and the kind of people and societies we need it to create. Dochuk has skillfully and subtly raised a number of questions for our contemporary society, and for Christians in particular.
A World of Grays November 5, 2019 Essays & Reviews Kingfishers Catch Fire is a World War II play depicting the devastating hate of a Nazi massacre, followed by extraordinary grace.
Well-Placed Charity November 5, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features We are to become shrewd Samaritans without a shred of guilt for “not doing enough!” We can never solve the issues before us, nor should we set out to try.
Respecting the Dignity of Back Row America October 24, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features The book does not evoke pity; it’s not intended to evoke pity. It undermines the very foundation of the category “less fortunate” by deconstructing the front row conceit that everyone in the back row wants to be in the front row.
Breathtaking Polyphony October 8, 2019 Essays & Reviews Peñalosa gives his listeners stunningly beautiful, yet often quite simple, choral compositions of lasting quality
The Toughness of Salvation September 13, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features The novelist dares the reader to consider the toughness of salvation, the blood of it, and the way we may need for love to be harsh in order to be saved.
