In 2014 a New York advertising agency created the NoPhone, which is a $12 plastic rectangle that looks like a smartphone. Initially marketed as a satirical...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
This summer, comedy fans were promised that Amy Schumer plus Judd Apatow would equal comedy gold. Schumer’s Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer has...
The Soul of a Pilgrim By Christine Valters Paintner (Sorin Books, 2015) Through a confluence of grace and timing, Christine Valters Paintner’s The Soul of a...
Surf Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment (Self-released, 2015) Much of the buzz about Surf, the indie debut from musical collective The Social...
Inventing a Christian America By Steven K. Green (Oxford, 2015) Teaching the history of religion I frequently have to wave my students off from...
The premise of Pixar’s latest film Inside Out is fascinating: Eleven-year-old Riley moves from ice hockey-loving Minnesota to broccoli pizza-loving San...
Recently, my family and closest friends gathered for my son’s baptism. We were joined by our larger church community, people we’re connected to in varying...
How to Read the Bible By Harvey Cox (HarperOne, 2015) In 1965 a young Harvard theologian named Harvey Cox achieved national fame with The Secular City...
Love and Mercy Directed by Bill Pohlad (River Road Entertainment/Battle Mountain Films, 2015) Brian Wilson was a gifted yet troubled songwriter. In Love and...
Working for a Better World By Carolyn Y. Woo (Our Sunday Visitor, 2015) When Carolyn Woo first came to the United States as a college freshman, she barely had...
