Author Archives: Bookworm
Common ground
The Boston College Carroll School of Management’s Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics will host an appearance and book signing by former US Senator Olympia Snowe on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. During her 18 … Continue reading
Post-Western Christianity
The Boston College Institute for the Liberal Arts will present Post-Western Christianity and the Post-Christian West with Lamin Sanneh, D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale Divinity School and Professor of History at Yale University on Feb. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Institute for the Liberal Arts, religion
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T.S. Eliot and anti-Semitism
Jayme Stayer, S.J. will present “T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and the Problem of Cumulative Effect” on Feb. 7 at noon in Corcoran Commons. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested at cjlearning@bc.edu. Jayme Stayer, S.J. is currently an … Continue reading
Kidder talk postponed
Please note: The talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder at Boston College scheduled for Feb. 5 has been postponed due to weather. A new date is TBD. Sponsor: Lowell Humanities Series
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Mapping the invisible nature of theater
Meditations on those entities that a theater audience doesn’t see—and their significance—are offered by Boston College Associate Professor of English Andrew Sofer in Dark Matter: Invisibility in Drama, Theater, and Performance (University of Michigan Press). In mapping the invisible dimension … Continue reading
Kidder on “Another Set of Eyes”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder will present “Another Set of Eyes” at Boston College on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Kidder is the author of House, Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends, Home Town, My Detachment, Strength in What Remains, Mountains Beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged Lowell Humanities Series, nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize winner
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Review by Fr. Ken Himes
Theology Associate Professor Fr. Kenneth Himes reviews Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War by Caron E. Gentry for America magazine. According to Fr. Himes, Gentry’s book is “a work that adds another voice to the chorus calling for Christians not just … Continue reading
Cultural exports
In her new book, Through a Screen Darkly: Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America’s Image Abroad (Yale University Press), Martha Bayles shows how America’s in-your-face entertainment became our country’s de facto ambassador. Based on interviews she conducted in 11 countries, Bayles argues that … Continue reading
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Tagged College of Arts & Sciences, media, pop culture
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Honors for Shrayer
Congratulations to Maxim D. Shrayer whose book, Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story (Syracuse University Press), was named a finalist for a 2013 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Modern Jewish Thought and Experience. Now in its 63rd year, the … Continue reading
Review of Global Justice
America magazine has published a review of the newest book by J. Donald Monan, SJ Professor of Theology Lisa Sowle Cahill. The book, Global Justice, Christology and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press), “demonstrates why just action is necessarily a criterion … Continue reading
