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The Toronto Star’s Cathal Kelly on “Heaven”
On April 1st, 2010, Cathal Kelly reviewed “Heaven” for the Toronto Star: “St. Thérèse of Liseux was the sort of heedless optimist the Catholic Church could use about now. “I believe in Hell,” she once said. “But I believe it […]
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A Women’s Place is in the Church
Here they are, the members of history’s oldest and most elite all-male club, trying to manage what began as a domestic crisis. For decades, priests in America, Europe, Ireland, Brazil (and God knows where else) abused—raped or otherwise molested—children and […]
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✴︎ Newsweek
Newsweek Cover Story: What Would Mary Do?
A Woman’s Place Is in the Church The cause of the Catholic clergy’s sex-abuse scandal is no mystery: insular groups of men often do bad things. So why not break up the all-male club? Here they are, the members of […]
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Lisa Discusses “Heaven” on NPR’s The Takeaway
On April 2nd, Lisa appeared on NPR and WNYC’s “The Takeaway” with hosts John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee. You can play the podcast using the player below, or download the mp3 file. local mirror of this podcast
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✴︎ Video
Lisa and the Young Turks Discuss the Vatican Scandals
Lisa joins the Young Turks to discuss the most recent Vatican scandals:
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Time Magazine’s Kayla Webley on “Heaven”
As far as heaven goes, there are many more questions than answers: Will we all get our own mansions? Will we see our loved ones? Will our bodies look the way they did when we were 25? Will we even […]
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✴︎ Religion
How Jews Invented Heaven
Do Jews believe in heaven? I can’t begin to count the number of times I’ve been asked this question. Modern people—and especially Jews raised in the Reform tradition—are flummoxed by the notion of heaven, and the rabbis are less than […]
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Can Science Explain Heaven?
There are those who believe that science will eventually explain everything—including our enduring belief in heaven. The thesis here is very simple: heaven is not a real place, or even a process or a supernatural event. It’s something that happens […]
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Is Pope Benedict XVI a Bad Shepherd?
Two years ago Pope Benedict XVI—once known as “God’s Rottweiler”—displayed his gentler side on a pilgrimage to America. Television pundits spoke of his soft white hair, his smile, “his great warmth and his sense of humor,” says Thomas Noble, head […]
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Excerpt from “Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination With The Afterlife”
A groundbreaking history of the hereafter, “Heaven” by New York magazine contributing editor and religion editor Lisa Miller draws from both history and popular culture to reveal how past and presage visions of heaven have evolved and how they inspire us to both good and evil.