Why has The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan s latest addition to the Batman franchise been so phenomenally successful In a review of the film for America two theology students propose that the film s religious imagery is what most resonates most viewers Here is Margaret Stahl a student at

Regular readers of America on the Web may have already encountered the lively discussion of Sister Camille D Arienzo s article Mercy Toward Our Fathers in which she argues that granting forgiveness can bring much-needed healing to victims of sexual abuse A number of sexual abuse victims have

Hear Fr Jim Martin on the newly approved translation of the English Mass Fr Jim s commentary aired Monday on NPR Listen to it here Tim Reidy nbsp

Much has already been said about the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae but this piece is a must-read from one of the giants of moral theology In quot Humanae Vitae 25 years Later quot Richard McCormick S J looked at the quot uneasy silence quot that followed the release of the encylical an

I haven rsquo t read the novels of E M Forster Like many people I suspect I saw the films but skipped the books Still I was taken in by Zadie Smith rsquo s review of ldquo The BBC Talks of E M Forster 1929-1960 rdquo in the New York Review of Books Forster like T S Eliot was the ho

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Growing up summer TV seemed like an endless stretch of reruns and four-hour baseball games Twenty-odd years later I rsquo ve grown to appreciate those long baseball games and thanks to Netflix and TIVO I rsquo ll never have to watch a rerun again I rsquo m also happy to report that summer TV

Americas series "A Closer Look" offers in-depth perspectives on important issues during the 2008 presidential campaign. Here are the articles that have appeared in the series thus far: "The True Cost of Care," Uwe E. Reinhardt, September 8 "Five Myths About Nuclear Energy," Kristin Shrader-Frechet

Check out TNR today for America blogger Michael Sean Winter s take on the Catholic vote and how it may hurt or help nbsp Barack Obama Barack Obama has a Catholic problem While Catholics constitute only 23 percent of the nation s population their numbers are higher in such critical states a

As some of you may have noticed you can now share America s articles on Facebook and other networking sites Simply click share in the upper right hand corner of an article page and your favorite article from America will appear on your Facebook page The best part if you re a subscriber a