'The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories'
Jhumpa Lahiri's picks for The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories may betray her sympathies. She has no problem with this.
03 Oct 2019
John L. Murphy
Medievalist turned humanities professor; overconfident accumulator of books & music; overcurious seeker of trivia, quadrivia, esoterica. Despite an incessant teaching load, I manage to devote free time to reading, listening, pondering big ideas while nagged by small ones. I'm at:"Blogtrotter".
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'Out of Our Minds' Considers Freedom and Force, Coercion and Custom
In Out of Our Minds, Fernández-Armesto encourages readers to distrust visionaries who promise perfection.
21 Aug 2019
Could Marion Turner's Book on Chaucer Alter Future Scholarly Work?
From Marion Turner's work, Chaucer: A European Life, Chaucer emerges as a man who lived through intrigue, rebellions, a peasant's rising, and above all, a determination to translate.
11 Jun 2019
When Rationalism Tangled with Magic: 'A Supernatural War'
Exploring the charms and rituals believed to safeguard WWI soldiers makes A Supernatural War a fascinating read.
12 Apr 2019
'Aquinas and the Market' and the Possibility of a "Truly Humane Economic System"
With Aquinas and the Market, economist and theologian Mary L. Hirschfeld begins a necessary conversation between economic and theological sectors, in the academy and, one hopes, outside the ivory towers and seminaries, to calculate our ultimate worth.
15 Jan 2019
Stand-up, Scandal, and Satire: On Iain Ellis's 'Humorists vs. Religion'
Is a "theology of humor" viable?
01 Oct 2018
An Appeal for Balance: 'Action Versus Contemplation'
Billions grapple with a frenetic paradigm shift which scuffs lines between a carefree ant's and a diligent grasshopper's domains.
13 Sep 2018
The Annotated Prison Writings of Oscar Wilde, ed. Nicholas Frankel
As an activist, Wilde persists as a necessary voice "from the depths" of these stark texts.
04 Sep 2018
On the Pleasures of Immersing One's Self in Tolstoy and Dostoevsky in Print and Audio
With maturity, voracious readers may begin to judge which novels are worth precious time, and why. With the works of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky also available in audio and e-books , the pleasure is deepened.
29 Aug 2018
Touring with the Replacements: A Roadie's POV
The writing in Lemon Jail is at times as anarchic as a tour, occasionally bordering on incoherent.
22 Aug 2018
In 'The End of Outrage' An Historian Peers into His Ancestral Irish Shadows
Culling local storytellers' accounts, land valuation records, field maps and more, Mac Suibhne exposes the clash between the secret society of the "Molly Maguires" in their homeland with the forces of law and order in this history of Ireland.
08 Jun 2018
'Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty' Memoir Rejects Hagiography
In Kate Hennessy, a cautious voice emerges over the pious chatter about her famous grandmother, activist Dorothy Day.
18 May 2018
What Do We Mean When We Say America Is a Christian Nation?
Matthew Bowman provides a dutiful if rather too clinical examination of how Americans have clashed or convened as to what Christianity encompasses and how this concept alters as the nation debates itself.
11 May 2018
Literary reactions to cultural implosion
After Ireland considers the changing culture, the changing identity, and a fast-changing Ireland in the varied voices and languages of its literature.
10 Jan 2018
'The Meaning of Belief' Prefers Calm Logic to Bold Catchphrases
An atheist argues against the New Atheists by promoting an alternative reaction to religion.
05 Dec 2017
Martin Luther Bio 'A World Ablaze' Burns with Righteous Heat
Craig Harline dramatizes the historical record, so we witness verified events as they occur. His style carries one into the considerable courtly power plays, keeping erudite ideas vivid.
14 Nov 2017
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