New books explore religious values of patriotic Americans
Catholic News Service
11/8/2007, by Sister Mona Castelazo
"The Spiritual Journey of George Washington" by Janice Connell and "Grace Under Fire," edited by Andrew Carroll, deal with the religious values of patriotic Americans. The first focuses on George Washington and the second on armed services personnel during wartime. Connell presents Washington as a ...
Author details her secret pain growing up in 'idyllic' times
Catholic News Service
11/1/2007, by Peggy Weber
The "good old days" were not good for everyone -- and especially not for a young girl growing up in Springfield, Mass., in the late 1950s and early 1960s. That era, when vocations were thriving and the economy was booming, may seem like an idyllic time for many. As teens listened to Elvis Presley ...
Book assesses impact of technology on Americans' faith experiences
Catholic News Service
11/1/2007, by Mitch Finley
In "Technology & Spirituality: How the Information Revolution Affects Our Spiritual Lives," Stephen Spyker asks a vitally important question that too few ask themselves -- what the impact of digital technology may be on the faith and spirituality of Christians. Essentially, Spyker cautions us to ...
Guatemalan murder: A novelist explores who killed Bishop Juan Gerardi
Catholic News Service
10/18/2007, by Paul Jeffrey
We read whodunit novels for a reason. We want to be entertained as we're drawn into an elaborate labyrinth that seeks motive, means and opportunity amid a cast of possible suspects. We ride along with the protagonists as they seek out the truth at all cost. And at the end, we expect a definitive ...
Thriller takes readers inside Vatican, through China's expanses
Catholic News Service
10/18/2007, by John H. Carroll
Attention Mr. Bond, James Bond, please move aside for a new special operations hero. He's Nolan Kilkenny, an ex-Navy SEAL and the creation of best-selling author Tom Grace in "The Secret Cardinal." In this international thriller, Kilkenny, who is recovering from the tragic death of his wife and ...
'Alice' was anything but old hat
The Christian Science Monitor
10/15/2007, by Randy Dotinga
Almost as much as her witty barbs, Alice Roosevelt Longworth was known for her wide-brimmed, colorful hats. They were so big that Lyndon Johnson complained they got in the way whenever he tried to kiss her. "That, Mr. Johnson, is why I wear them," replied the most famous daughter of a chief ...
'Almost Moon' fails to shine
The Christian Science Monitor
10/15/2007, by Yvonne Zipp
As bestsellers go, "The Lovely Bones" was an unlikely achievement. Alice Sebold somehow managed to take a story about the brutal rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl and turn her first novel into a fairy tale about grief and the afterlife. Writers who are able to wring beauty from horror are a ...
Patricia Hampl: A true daughter of the Midwest
The Christian Science Monitor
10/15/2007, by Marjorie Kehe
'I get the feeling your mother doesn't ... like me," a doctor confides to Patricia Hampl. "You got that right," Hampl thinks. Meet "Leo the Lion," aka Mary, Hampl's fierce, petite, proud, disdainful, Irish-American mother. Mary smokes like a chimney, names her furniture ("Napoleon" is a love ...
Good grief: The life of Charles M. Schulz
The Christian Science Monitor
10/15/2007, by Michael Taube
Peanuts is one of the most popular and important comic strips of the last century. Children and adults alike chuckled over good ol' Charlie Brown's desire to kick a football just once, Snoopy's battles with the Red Baron, Linus's crusade to see the Great Pumpkin, and Lucy's questionable psychiatric ...
Catholic social encyclopedia is uneven in quality
Catholic News Service
10/1/2007, by Jerry Filteau
The new two-volume interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science and Social Policy portrays as its goal "a comprehensive and broad-ranging analysis of how Catholic religious, moral and intellectual tradition can and should shape society and social life." Frankly, despite ...
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