Who s doing our dirty work
Eyal Press looks inside the daily lives of prison workers, drone warriors, and meatpackers.
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Does Catholic higher ed have to sell its soul?
A truly Catholic university, says James Heft, steers a course between secularization and insularity.
Dethroning the canonical Paul
Cavan Concannon believes that the apostle’s writings belong in the latrine.
Is it possible to tell the complete history of libraries
Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen try in their impressive but Eurocentric volume.
An ode to Daniel Berrigan
Bill Wylie-Kellerman’s patchwork of poetry, prophecy, and prose reads like a modern Gospel.
Jhumpa Lahiri s new book crosses boundaries
It doesn’t matter what genre Translating Myself and Others is. What matters is that it is irresistibly immersive.
Reading The Irony of American History 70 years later
What do Reinhold Niebuhr's blind spots tell us about our own?
How do we cope with intractable loss
When Frank Bruni suffered permanent vision damage, he embarked on a philosophical quest.
Take amp Read Old Testament
Four new books about the women of Hebrew scripture
Take & Read: Ethics
Four new books that are shaping conversations about ethics