Directed by George Clooney (Columbia Pictures, 2014) They didn’t storm the beaches at Normandy or liberate Paris. But the real-life “Monuments Men”—a special...
Arts & Culture
By Stanley Hauerwas (Seabury Books, 2013) It’s a weird thing to review a book of sermons, let alone one written by a theologian known less for preaching...
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (Daptone Records, 2014) If what the people want is music with deep roots, honest emotions, and spiritual fire, then this album...
By Robert Calderisi (Yale University Press, 2013) At the end of Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development, economist and former World Bank...
Looking for a new book to cuddle up with during the final stretch of this never-ending winter? Here are some new releases for March that you might want to pick...
Ten years after the release of The Passion of the Christ, a renewed interest in biblical films has landed Jesus back in Hollywood. On Ash Wednesday, February...
Directed by John Lee Hancock (Walt Disney Studios, 2013) It’s not hard to find a film that centers on someone who is suffering. In fact, it’s...
By Diarmaid MacCulloch (Viking Adult, 2013) Surely Diarmaid MacCulloch appreciates the irony that after publishing the gargantuan Christianity: The First Three...
Directed by Stephen Frears (The Weinstein Company, 2013) Philomena, Stephen Frears’ touching film about the quest of an elderly Irish woman to find the...
Arcade Fire (Merge Records, 2013) What do you do after you’ve splashed onto the music scene with a monumental indie-rock sound that sparked boisterous...
