Culture

The Francis Effect podcast: Holy Week pop culture roundup

By Heidi Schlumpf, Daniel P. Horan, David Dault
Book Reviews

'A Womanist Theology of Worship' reclaims communal and spiritual authority through African legacies

By Diana L. Hayes
Guest Voices

Rihanna embodies the sacrament of pregnant joy

By Nicole Symmonds
Guest Voices

Baseball, like religion, can teach us something about enchantment

By Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service
Guest Voices

Will Smith's slap heard round the world forces us to imagine life free of transgressions against Black women

By Jordan E. DeSanto

Dan Charnas gets to the rhythm and soul of J Dilla's transient life

By Jaelani Turner-Williams
Guest Voices

Three reasons this Catholic ethicist thinks college athletes should be paid

By Dan Cosacchi

'Nightmare Alley' explores the terrifying human power of self-deception

By Rebecca Bratten Weiss
Guest Voices

'No Time to Die' and the battle between good and evil

By Paul V. Garrity

NCR Culture: The 2022 Academy Awards

By Olga Segura

In 'Being the Ricardos,' Nicole Kidman captures how Lucille Ball preached through joy

By Jose Solís
Book Reviews

Poetry collection celebrates love for nuns, punctuation and 'everything feelable'

By Diane Scharper

Nikole Hannah-Jones, '1619 Project' author, recalls struggles of attending Notre Dame

By Catherine M. Odell
Guest Voices

Finding God in the art and work of Corita Kent

By Mickey McGrath
Guest Voices

Artist illuminates Jesus' radical message in the Way of the Cross

By David B. Gowler

Has study of women's history neglected the role of religious sisters?

By Christopher White

Oscar-nominated 'The Hand of God' explores how the divine finds us through most unexpected sources

By Jose Solís

In 'This Here Flesh,' Cole Arthur Riley finds the sacred in humanity

By Kathryn Post, Religion News Service

For decades, a Catholic comic book taught young people about church doctrine, saints and patriotism

By Vince Guerrieri
Guest Voices

In its new season, 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' gets religion

By Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service

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