The Best Catholic Writing

The crtically acclaimed Best Catholic Writing series continues with contributions from Joseph Bottum, Robert Ellsberg, John Garvey, Dawn Eden, and twenty-twp other essayists, poets, scholars, and journalists. Notable contributions in this year's edition include challenging essays on Catholic culture in America by Joseph Bottum and Farrell O'Gorman, Ron Hansen's classic essay on faith and fiction, Philip Jenkin's argument that religion is the key to history, an Easter sermon by Archbishop Rowan Williams, and Pope Benedit XVI's memorable address at Auschwitz.