Who is God? Is he the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful being of Judeo-Christian thought? Or might he be something less ultimate, more vulnerable? Might he even need our help? And ...

Most people respond to the approach of Christmas with a happy blizzard of activity. They lick stamps and fix them to final flurries of Christmas cards. They bake. They ...

The Maccabees didn't stand a chance against the catalogs that began to appear in in mid-November. Our children, Jonah and Maia, began to look through them as a ...

Is there anything funny about a sixteen year old girl getting pregnant? Actually, there's quite a bit in the new film Juno. A smart and smart-mouthed Minnesota teen named ...

This year will be different. That's the promise many of us make to ourselves just after Thanksgiving each year. We make silent oaths that we won't spend too ...

In his latest book, James Martin, SJ explores the work of a contemporary priest and exemplifies the quintessential Jesuit as cultured, literate believer who seeks to ...

"Rome is burning, son!" So says Professor Stephen Malley (Robert Redford) to a disaffected student named Todd in Redford's new film, Lions for Lambs. It's an alarming ...

Musician and BustedHalo editor-in-chief, Bill McGarvey, discusses Bruce Springsteen's new album, Magic on a podcast with America magazine's online editor, Tim Reidy. Listen ...

Do you usually say a prayer or form of grace before your Thanksgiving meal? If so, what do you want your grace to be for this Thanksgiving?

In much of the hip hop music world the constant threat of menace and violence is simply a given. Few would argue that a large part of the music's appeal is deeply ...