How Melanie Martinez’s “THE VATICAN” Revives an Old Religious Joke
Melanie Martinez’s “THE VATICAN” sounds like a distinctly modern piece of religious provocation, but its central technique is rooted in medieval parody.
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On Ireland’s Painful Emergence into the Modern World
Fintan O’Toole’s lucid history of Ireland, We Don’t Know Ourselves, is a vivid telling of how his country’s culture of silence and repression was broken open.
How Catholicism Shaped Sting’s Creative Vision
In Sting and Religion, Evyatar Marienberg explores links between the rock icon’s Catholic upbringing and the religious themes in his lyrics.
Artist Ria Brodell Offers an Enlightened View on Holy Cards (and History) with ‘Butch Heroes’
While it's unlikely that you will ever come across an acknowledged gay, lesbian, or transgender person featured on an official holy card, it's quite possible that some individuals thus pictured snuck in under the radar, so to speak. Ria Brodell's Butch Heroes brings that tragic oversight to light.
How Do You Pin Down the Concept of Purgatory?
Heaven Can Wait surveys the impact of an otherworldly state on the earthly condition.
The Heart That Refused to Burn Steadfastly Holds Its Secrets Close: Joan of Arc
Kathryn Harrison's longtime fascination with the Catholic Church finds its ultimate expression, and biggest challenge, in this biography of Joan of Arc.