By W. Merle Longwood et al (Wipf & Stock, 2011) A primary stated goal of Forging the Male Spirit: The Spiritual Lives of American College Men is to answer...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
The Coup (Epitaph, 2012) First, a warning: The lyrics on this album feature the usual hip-hop profanity, and there is no edited version. For many that is...
Scandal By Angela Senander (Liturgical Press, 2012) If asked to reflect on the word scandal, most Catholics would immediately think of the clerical sexual...
Sing the Delta Iris DeMent (Flariella Records, 2012) At 51, Iris DeMent is no spring chicken, but her music can seem like a time capsule from someplace long...
Kendrick Lamar (Aftermath, 2012) A warning to our readers: This album uses explicit language standard in the hip-hop vernacular. On his major-label debut...
Christianity After Religion By Diana Butler Bass (HarperOne, 2012) Older Catholics frequently wonder where all the young people have gone and how to get them...
Flight Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Paramount, 2012) Ernest Hemingway wrote that courage was “grace under pressure,” and in Flight director Robert Zemeckis has...
Ghandi and the Unspeakable By James W. Douglass (Orbis, 2012) It’s a slight book, but a profound one: In just 126 pages, author and theologian James...
By André Vauchez (Yale Press, 2012) Francis the ecologist, Francis the stigmatic, Francis the peace activist, Francis the crusader. With so many Francis...
Mumford & Sons (Luna Park Records, 2011) Here’s the elevator pitch on Mumford & Sons: U2 meets Old Crow Medicine Show at Bruce...
