How Augustine responded to the problem of evil without solving it
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** How Augustine responded to the problem of evil without solving it
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When we make sense of suffering, we lose our ability to protest against it.
by James K. A. Smith
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** Children’s books for tough conversations
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We asked writers to tell us about a book for young children that provides the occasion for its readers—adults and children—to talk about large or difficult issues.
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** The power of somos más in Puerto Rico
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A new song of liberation is born.
by Damaris D. Whittaker
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** A school of death
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Colson Whitehead dramatizes a horrifying piece of historical reality.
by Abigail J. Paxton
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** “Self-interest seemed almost omnipotent”
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Langdon Gilkey’s account of his imprisonment during WWII is a study in how humans act under pressure.
by Peter W. Marty
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** Living by the Word for Sunday, October 20
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Injustice comes with so many alibis and aliases.
by JoAnn A. Post
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** How I learned to love the doctrine of total depravity
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When unremitting human sin is something I expect, I can face evil without despair.
by Heidi Haverkamp
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** When the chapel is the most open place on campus
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Virginia Woolf’s ideal university had no chapel. Mine has more than one.
by Stephanie Paulsell
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** Greta Thunberg’s prophetic speech at the UN Climate Action Summit
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The young activist’s words were designed to disturb us and make us see ourselves as we are.
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