The “Catholic sacramental perspective,” as Mariani terms it, urges the poet to recognize in even “the meanest thing” some glimmer “of inestimable worth,” some sign of the Creator.

Elizabeth Strout examines the human condition in a quiet setting where introspection cannot be escaped.

For Rauschenbusch, the Christian faith had a "revolutionary" potential.

Brian McLaren’s 'The Galápagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey' is both a travelogue and a spiritual memoir.

The eco-spiritual ideas so evident in the books are not present, but they may appear in Season 2.

In her fourth book, The Virgin of Prince Street: Expeditions Into Devotion, Sonja Livingston introduces herself as a “pilgrimess” returning to her childhood church in Rochester, N.Y., after not regularly attending Mass for 20 years.