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One of my favorite works of U.S. Catholic history is John McGreevy’s book Parish Boundaries, in which McGreevy argues that racial conflicts in the urban industrial north were quite pitched in Catholic neighborhoods–conflict over neighborhood integration more than anything else. McGreevy traces these struggles over the neighborhood back to a high rate of Catholic home …
I don’t usually read much that ends up on the bestseller lists, but my friend Terry (more about Terry soon) was reading the Kite Runner the last time I saw her. And, I had the book on my shelf from one of those “buy two off the table get one free” at B&N, so I …
IMing with Sheila Brennan, who also has a rocking blog, it became apparent that [Bracket] might not mean a blessed thing to anyone. So, why [Bracket]? There are a couple of reasons. First, I really wanted this space to be a place for the random stuff that wanders around my brain — a little place …
If you’re looking for something to read, you might want to consider Marilynne Robinson’s novel, Gilead. It’s a wonderful little book about an Iowa minister who, since he is close to the end of his life, is writing a letter to his young son. In the course of the letter, John Ames wanders off on …
Well, in the area of “everybody’s doing it,” I’m wading into the world of blogging. Not that I’m certain that I have anything useful to say, but I’m one of those people who isn’t as vigilant about keeping in touch as I should be. And, like most academic-types, I read and write on a regular …