Like many of my contemporaries I eagerly read The Divine Milieu in the early 1960s as soon as it was translated into English I recall being inspired by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin rsquo s bold and sweeping vision It was the first time I had ever been exposed to such a radical and optimistic Chris

Older readers mdash well really old readers mdash may recall a ditty sung by the irrepressibly cheerful Dinning Sisters back in 1946 ldquo Soon the sun disappeared from view The stars came out like they always do Then I cuddled up close to you And we both fell in love on a Greyhound Bus T

I am always intrigued by the epigraph an author uses to set the thematic mood for his or her work Gerald O rsquo Collins is prodigal with epigraphs often providing one or two to introduce each chapter Perhaps most telling is the one with which he prefaces the last chapter of his latest book Jesu

Charles E Curran is a highly regarded theologian whose works have been widely read and appreciated by colleagues for nearly 50 years He is also well known beyond the academy in the best sense he has been a ldquo man of the church rdquo who has not shied away from controversy when he thought t

'Lincoln and Douglas,' reviewed

Michael Sean Winters' 'Left at the Altar,' reviewed