If academics ever decide to take The Beatles seriously as a subject worthy of doctoral level research and debate Mark Lewisohn would surely be considered the godfather of their scholarly pursuits Since the mid 1980s Lewisohn has written or contributed to numerous books about the Fab Four all of

Paul Elie 39 s quot Everything That Rises quot blog continues to make compelling connections between faith art and life His take earlier this week on an early REM song quot Gardening at Night quot is right on point I was in high school when REM 39 s EP quot Chronic Town quot was released

In my most recent column I discuss my friendship with a young rabbi and a 60-something Jewish painter in Brooklyn named Archie Rand When I first met Archie he was showing his enormous work quot The 613 quot in the dilapidated warehouse he owned in Brooklyn Due to space concerns for the column

A rabbi, a Jewish painter and a Catholic musician gather to talk about God.

The Beatles’ arrival in the United States marked the beginning of a revolution.

I did a podcast interview with Rev Amy Ziettlow last May that was just published in HuffPo In addition to being an ordained minister and a fellow at the Institute for American Values Amy has a background in classical dance and was interested in the connections I make between music and belief The

Looking for some spiritual reading for your Lenten journey The Life You Save May Be Your Own An American Pilgrimage would be a good place to start Paul Elie 39 s book chronicles the lives of Flannery O 39 Connor Walker Percy Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton quot four modern American Catholics

We have all seen the black and white footage from that February day in 1964.  Teenagers by the thousands were screaming from balconies and behind police barricades. Four Liverpudlians—ranging in age from 20 to 23—emerged from a Boeing 707 appearing as though they had stumbled into a

In my quot other life quot as a musician songwriter I 39 ve been fortunate to have some really gratifying experiences sharing stages with personal heroes like Roger McGuinn of The Byrds Shane MacGowan of The Pogues bands like NRBQ and others Strange as it might sound though one of the most me

Paul Elie at quot Everything that Rises quot has a nice magazine mash up over America 39 s Colbert cover v Rolling Stone 39 s Pope cover Some highlights quot Stephen Colbert nbsp on the cover of nbsp America and Pope Francis nbsp on the cover of nbsp Rolling Stone it rsquo s as if every Bell