Be a Wise Man

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The new issue is on the theme of “Ernest Hemingway and Graham Greene: Prodigal Sons of the Church”. Highlights include:

H. R. Stoneback takes us on a pilgrimage through “Hemingway’s Sacred Landscapes”.

Mary Claire Kendall examines “Hemingway’s Catholic Heart”.

Adam Long looks at the relationship between “Hemingway and His Mother-in-Law, Mary”.

Matthew Nickel asserts that Hemingway and Greene are “Strong at the broken places”.

Joseph Pearce finds “Heresy and Orthodoxy in Greene’s The Power and the Glory”.

Stephanie A. Mann discusses the theme of conversion in the 1955 movie version of Greene’s The End of the Affair.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker discovers “Graham Greene in Mordor”.

K. V. Turley wonders whether the film adaptation of A Farewell to Arms has “a hidden spiritual meaning”.

Susan Treacy finds “Hemingway in Paris”.

Donald DeMarco considers Walker Percy to be “a man of graciousness”.

Fr. Benedict Kiely sees the saints as “the jewels of England”.

Ryan David Miller muses upon “what art is and what art isn’t”.

Jacob Popcak is in conversion with Catholic artist Rebecca Loomis.

Kevin O’Brien admires Kaiser Johnson’s Grit and Glory.

Dutton Kearney reviews 101 Books to Read Before the Four Last Things: The Essential Guide to Catholic Spiritual Classics.

Michael M. Jordan reviews The Light Shines in Darkness: Transforming Suffering Through Faith by Fr. Robert Spitzer.

Shaun Blanchard reviews Newman’s Early Roman Catholic Legacy 1845-1854.

Kenneth Colston reviews A Beginner’s Guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Plus new poetry by Kevin Bezner, Philip C. Kolin, Lydia Martin and Denise Sobilo.