Listen: Sorry to Bother You

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The Coup (Epitaph, 2012)

Danny Duncan Collum teaches writing at Kentucky State University in Frankfort and is the author of four books, including the novel White Boy (Apprentice House 2011).

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Read: Scandal

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Scandal
By Angela Senander (Liturgical Press, 2012)

J. Peter Nixon is a regular contributor to U.S. Catholic. 

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Listen: Sing the Delta

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Sing the Delta
Iris DeMent (Flariella Records, 2012)

Danny Duncan Collum teaches writing at Kentucky State University in Frankfort and is the author of four books, including the novel White Boy (Apprentice House 2011).

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Read: Christianity After Religion

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Christianity After Religion
By Diana Butler Bass (HarperOne, 2012)

Megan Sweas is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.

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Watch: Flight

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Flight
Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Paramount, 2012)

Patrick McCormick is professor of Christian ethics at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. See more posts by Patrick McCormick

Read: Gandhi and the Unspeakable

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Ghandi and the Unspeakable
By James W. Douglass (Orbis, 2012)

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Read: Francis of Assisi

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By André Vauchez (Yale Press, 2012)

Francis the ecologist, Francis the stigmatic, Francis the peace activist, Francis the crusader. With so many Francis of Assisis, anyone can pick a favorite. In Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint, André Vauchez argues that previous attempts to find the “real” Francis often begin with a version of the saint in mind and then go hunting for evidence to prove that version correct. Unfortunately, the result is not a man or even a saint, but a one-dimensional figure existing outside of history.

Kathleen Manning is a historian and writer living in Chicago.

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Listen: Babel, by Mumford & Sons

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Mumford & Sons (Luna Park Records, 2011)

Here’s the elevator pitch on Mumford & Sons: U2 meets Old Crow Medicine Show at Bruce Springsteen’s house. They have Old Crow’s rootsy instrumentation and vintage wardrobe, and they share the Boss’ heart-on-the-sleeve sincerity and world-conquering ambition. From U2 the band takes a melodramatic sense of musical dynamics, and singer-lyricist Marcus Mumford models Bono’s strategy for rendering spiritual longing in terms that are accessible to a post-Christian world.

Danny Duncan Collum teaches writing at Kentucky State University in Frankfort and is the author of four books, including the novel White Boy (Apprentice House 2011).

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Watch: Argo

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Directed by Ben Affleck (Warner Brothers, 2012)

Films based on true events face the dual challenge of making real life captivating on the big screen and of keeping a story engaging for an audience that likely already knows the ending. Director and star Ben Affleck’s Argo successfully does both, as the film takes a few necessary liberties with historical details in order to create a movie that is suspenseful to the very end.

Elizabeth Lefebvre is assistant editor of U.S. Catholic.

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