Is the Happy, Hopeful Novel Dead?

Lore Wilbert reviews Whistler: A Novel by Ann Patchett.

Lore Ferguson Wilbert
October 12

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Pray to God for Gladness

In this excerpt from The Brothers Karamazov, the Elder Zossima points to our mysterious hidden longing for the higher heavenly world.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
October 11

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We Look Away

We do not decide to be cruel. We simply decide, quietly and many times a day, not to look.

Stephen White
October 5

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A Way to Share the Land

Latest book, On Reconciliation, offers a new language for imagining the future of Israelis and Palestinians.

Aziz Abu Sarah
October 3

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A Faith Worth Dying For?

As a mother grappling with faith, what am I to make of stories of  early Christian mothers killed in the arena?

Gemma Mason
October 2

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A Life Beyond the Grave

Instead of merely dying, we are “called into eternity” and reunited with God.

Johann Christoph Arnold
October 1

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Saved at Sea

A rescued Vietnamese boat person has devoted her life to serving new waves of migrants.

Sister Maria Lê Thị Lan, Tomohiro Oshima
September 30

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