February 2012: A Dangerous Dozen: 12 Christians who Threatened the Status Quo But Taught Us to Live Like Jesus By the Rev. Canon C.K. Robertson, PhD Foreward...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
The Artist Directed by Michel Hazanavicius (Weinstein, 2011) Those not captivated by Michel Hazanavicius’s silent movie must have a tin ear where their heart...
Journey to the Common Good By Walter Brueggemann (Westminster John Knox, 2010) In this compact study, biblical theologian Walter Brueggemann traces a...
Party of One By Beth M. Knobbe (St. Anthony Messenger, 2011) If you are single, this book needs no justification. Though the majority of us inhabit that...
The Ides of March Directed by George Clooney (Columbia Pictures, 2011) As the title suggests, George Clooney’s cynical drama about a presidential campaign is a...
undun The Roots (Def Jam, 2011) The Roots are famous now as the house band on The Jimmy Fallon Show, but they’ve been legend among America’s better-informed...
Books have a special way of opening our imaginations to moments of grace in life. Catholics are a sacramental people. We see signs of the presence of God...
How to Go From a Good Evangelical to a Committed Catholic in 95 Difficult Steps By Christian Smith (Cascade Books, 2011) Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 book The Structure...
Comfort By Brett C. Hoover (Riverhead Books, 2011) Don’t let the fuzzy slippers on the cover fool you: Brett C. Hoover’s book Comfort: An Atlas for the Body...
Working in Tennessee Merle Haggard (Vanguard Records, 2011) Merle Haggard has been a monument of American culture for almost 50 years. His life story is the...
