November 18, 2011

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Beauty Will Save the WorldRecovering the Human in an Ideological AgeGregory Wolfe ISI Books, $29.95, 278 pp.

Scott D. Moringiello

Name a prominent American Catholic in public life whose Catholicism is central to the views he promotes in the public sphere. My guess is that did not take you too long. Now, just as quickly, name a prominent American Catholic artist—you choose the medium—who makes it clear that her faith informs her art. Time’s up. Now, of course, there are such artists, but what does it (...)


 

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Scott D. Moringiello is the Lawrence C. Gallen Fellow in the Humanities at Villanova University where he teaches the Augustine and Culture Seminar and courses in the theology department. He also writes on books and culture at commonwealmagazine.org/verdicts.

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