Shorts
Beastly Transformations
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as gluttonous as a pig, as angry as a lion, as quarrelsome as a dog
Field Trip
The Shamrock and the Sham
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though in an idyllic setting, I was poised above a mass grave.
How I Do History
How Spencer McBride Does History
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“To see scholars use the papers in their own research to produce groundbreaking history is something we celebrate.”
Field Trip
Catholic Library, Muslim Books
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In the 1950s and 1960s, the Dominicans in Cairo collected rare printed books in Arabic, particularly Muslim devotional works rarely found in other libraries.
Shorts
Queen of Heaven, Empress of Hell
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In late medieval texts, the Virgin Mary was a skilled debater–and a dab hand with a club.
Shorts
This Is The Night
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Performed once a year, the Exsultet features rich descriptions of sights, sounds, scents—and bees.
Shorts
Lovers Under an Apple Tree
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Why did the priest and the choir singer die, and what was the nature of their love?
Features
Sacred Objects
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A medieval relic economy operates in the Star Wars universe—and in the universe of its fans.
Postcards
A Postcard From South Bend, Indiana
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The divided research trip is a necessity for a full-time high school teacher.
Shorts
What They Don’t Want You to Know About Jesus Christ and the Seer of Poughkeepsie
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150 years before the Da Vinci Code, there was a man who said he could talk to spirits.
Reviews
Adams Family Values
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They were a family of seekers, shaped not only by their heritage but by their travels abroad.