Wendell Berry’s book about American racism, The Hidden Wound, is half-a-century old this year. It can be considered an exercise in white vulnerability.
A look at each of the six novels on the Booker International Prize shortlist: from fable to satire, from Argentina to the Netherlands, each an admirable work of art.
The Religious Left has been here all along, engaging in protests and helping the vulnerable, a coalition of coalitions not tied to a single faith or set of policies.
Physical objects carry meaning for us, but their accumulation can be a kind of spiritual error. Reconciling this contradiction leads us to richer, deeper lives.
The Shakers, who arrived in America in 1774, are a religious community facing extinction. Their decline means nothing less than the end of an idea of heaven.
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