Richard Lischer
Richard Lischer is the author of two memoirs, Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery and Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son.
Theodicy in real life
William Abraham's theological affirmations of faith are shadowed by a persistent question: Why don't they work?
The stubborn love and inflexible mercy of Dorothy Day
More than a memoir, Kate Hennessy's book about her grandmother is a participant biography written from the inside out.
Preaching in the promised land
After the Great Migration, some black preachers addressed the issues their white social-gospel counterparts avoided.
Poetry that bids us welcome
How is it that the poems of a 17th-century aristocrat still resonate with us?
Into the dark with Dante
Dante speaks to the uncertainties of every generation, to those who have awakened lost in an impenetrable darkness.
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