'Hothouse,' by Boris Kachka

One of the hallmarks of the young papacy of Pope Francis has been his repeated critique of what he calls the contemporary ldquo economy of inequality and exclusion rdquo Some commentators have seen this as an indictment of the present moment but the pope rsquo s stance would be misinterpreted if

These two books come from cultured and urbane Catholic professors of theology one at Boston College Imbelli and the other at St Mary rsquo s University Twickenham London Bullivant Neither needs to raise his voice to make his case effectively Both are concerned albeit in different ways to

'The American Constitution and Religion,' by Richard J. Regan

'The Struggle for Iraq's Future,' Zaid Al-Ali

'A Kind of Dream,' by Kelly Cherry