Mumford & Sons (Luna Park Records, 2011) Here’s the elevator pitch on Mumford & Sons: U2 meets Old Crow Medicine Show at Bruce...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
Directed by Ben Affleck (Warner Brothers, 2012) Films based on true events face the dual challenge of making real life captivating on the big screen and of...
November 2012: A Private History of Happiness: Ninety-Nine Moments of Joy from Around the World By George Myerson Review: It’s no secret that happiness is...
By Joseph Stiglitz (W.W. Norton & Co., 2012) Pope Paul VI argued that excessive economic inequalities were a “danger to peace” and that political power...
Directed by Jake Schreier (Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2012) Christopher Ford and Jake Schreier’s film is a quirky, amusing, and occasionally honest caper...
By Elaine Pagels (Viking Press, 2012) Seven-headed dragons, locusts with human faces, and armies of monsters could all be elements in popular fantasy novels...
The Citizens Band (Press Hear Records, 2012) Pop music and musicians have long been an integral part of our presidential election circus. The non-partisan...
October 2012: Why Stay Catholic? Unexpected Answers to a Life-Changing Question By Michael Leach Review: Ask Catholics what frustrates them about their church...
By Richard Gaillardetz & Catherine Clifford (Liturgical Press, 2012) October 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council...
By Philip Kolin (Kauffman Publishing, 2012) Philip Kolin’s Reading God’s Handwriting: Poems is a book of action, not of superheroes swooping down on comic book...
