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Book Reviews

What good is hell in the afterlife? Living through a global plague is hellish enough.

By René Ostberg

New film offers a portrait of New Orleans, told through its unique jazz funerals

By Mark Silk, Religion News Service

Practicing grace benefits other people and builds community. It's also the original self-care.

By Kirsten Powers

History of white evangelical racism also implicates Catholics, scholar says

By Carol Kuruvilla

Christian writer Danté Stewart seeks revelation in Black experience

By Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service
NCR Voices

We used to look to religion for truth. It's no match for Donald Trump's TRUTH.

By Phyllis Zagano, Religion News Service
Guest Voices

7 lessons learned from the Vatican's artificial intelligence symposium

By James F. Keenan
Guest Voices

Death becomes us: On Día de Los Muertos and honoring Mexican ancestors

By Myriam Gurba

Showtime's 'American Rust' might puzzle fans of the original novel

By Chris Byrd
Book Reviews

When movies put Satan onscreen, the devil is in the details

By Rose Pacatte

The gospel according to 'Squid Game'

By Cameron Bellm

'Call Me If You Get Lost' and the evolution of Tyler, the Creator

By Elizabeth (Ro) Ajiduah
Francis, the comic strip

'What is love?' Pope, other elders share stories for Netflix

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

With numbers growing in U.S., more Hispanics involved in church, community

By Jo Ann Zuñiga, Catholic News Service
Book Reviews

Two books reflect on America in the time of the pandemic

By Timothy Kelly

20 years later, looking at del Toro's 'Devil's Backbone,' sin and monsters

By Sergio Bermudez

'Jesus Christ Superstar': The controversial musical phenomenon turns 50

By Kathryn Post, Religion News Service
Book Reviews

New book urges Catholics to face into the dark night of our times

By Nancy Sylvester

Rock minister of souls: The music and vision of Angélica Garcia

By John C. Seitz

The Francis Effect podcast: Francis and EWTN; religious liberty standoff; pop culture roundup

By Heidi Schlumpf, Daniel P. Horan, David Dault

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