To this day I have no idea why the editor of ‘America’ asked me, the youngest and newest member of the staff, to write the story.
Religious studies professor William Reiser, S.J., reflects on his use of Harry Potter in the classroom.
Jon Sweeney reviews "Lessons in Hope: My Life with John Paul II," "Milosz: A Biography," and "This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer."
Harry Potter may be the perfect series to speak to this moment in time. But we need to do more than use it as a way to identify like-minded readers. We need to use the texts to create like-hearted brothers and sisters.
Diane Scharper reviews "There Your Heart Lies" by Mary Gordon.
J.J. Carney reviews "Age of Anger: A History of the Present" by Pankaj Mishra.
Thomas Murphy, S.J. reviews "The Book that Changed America: How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation" by Randall Fuller.