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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.
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The Statesman’s Joshunda Sanders Interviews Lisa
Eighty percent of Americans believe in heaven, and yet, if you were to ask most people what they believed Heaven to be, it would be unlikely that you’d hear the same thing too often. Terrorists responsible for Sept. 11 were […]
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03/25/2010 NPR: The Diane Rehm Show
On March 25th, Lisa appeared on NPR and WAMU’s “Diane Rehm Show. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the “listen” link in the top right corner of the show page. Or you can open to the show […]
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ReligionDispatches.org Ten Questions for Lisa Miller
Where contemporary culture has come to think of heaven as a place to chat, catch up with friends, and eat ice cream, conservative believers are concerned that God has been left out of the picture. A new book by Newsweek’s […]
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HarperCollins
Buy “Heaven” at HarperCollins.com
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America – National Catholic Weekly’s Interviews Lisa
On March 15th, Lisa appeared on America Magazine’s podcast hosted by Kerry Weber. You can play the podcast using the player below, or download the mp3 file. local mirror of this podcast
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The Washington Post’s Sally Quinn Interviews Lisa
On March 22nd, 2010, Sally Quinn interviewed Lisa for the The Washington Post in a video called “Divine Impulses: Newsweek religion editor Lisa Miller on the decline of hell.” Miller talks about the “paradox” of heaven and the myths and […]
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Huffington Post’s Rabbi David Wolpe on “Heaven”
Mark Twain quipped that people assume heaven will be green fields and harp music — an eternity of activities no one would enjoy for five minutes while still alive. Here is a central dilemma of our preoccupation with heaven. Our […]
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Some Catholics Say Benedict Needs to Do Penance Now
I’m not sure I can take it anymore, my Catholic friend K. wrote to me in an e-mail. Maybe I should become an Episcopalian. Fury does not begin to describe her mood. More than 10,000 children in Europe smacked, tortured, […]