by Christian Verghese, SJ | May 17, 2022 | Justice, The Jesuits, TJP Reads ~ Approx. 6 mins
Amid the continued barrage of images from the Ruso-Ukrainian conflict, you may have encountered harrowing footage of tattooed Salvadoran prisoners stripped down to their underwear and stacked against each other in jail yards throughout the country. In April, El...
by Brent Gordon, SJ | Apr 29, 2021 | Fantasy Fiction & Faith, Pop Culture, Series ~ Approx. 4 mins
Some stories have so entered the public consciousness that we feel as if we know them even if we have never actually read them. Such is the case with Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The main twist- that the seemingly respectable...
by Brent Gordon, SJ | Mar 4, 2021 | Catholic Writing, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction & Faith, Fiction, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
“Bro! Tell me we still know how to speak of kings!” What a wonderful first line in Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley. There is something epic about the call to remember, and something earthy about beginning that call with a word like “bro.” This...
by Ian Peoples, SJ | Feb 4, 2021 | Current Events, In the News, Prayers, Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 5 mins
As I journaled my thoughts upon finishing Father James Martin, SJ’s new book, Learning to Pray, I was struck with a consoling realization. It dawned on me that I was reviewing the new book of a writer whose books played key roles in both my faith life and in my...
by Brent Gordon, SJ | Jan 26, 2021 | Fantasy Fiction & Faith, Pop Culture, Series ~ Approx. 6 mins
I have encountered many well-meaning and Christian people expressing a distrust of fantasy literature. What is particularly striking is that this distrust can come from many different directions and from seemingly opposing “camps” which would be surprised to find...
