Is there something in the very nature of sin and narcissism that wounds us, that makes us sad?

Michael Peppard reviews "Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World" by Larry W. Hurtado.

Larry Madaras reviews "The Evangelicals: An Essential History for the Struggle to Shape America" by Frances Fitzgerald.

Gail Lumet Buckley reviews "Dickey Chapelle Under Fire" By John Garofolo.

Fr. William Rieser, S.J., chair of the religious studies department at Holy Cross, makes the connection of the Harry Potter books to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Timothy Wadkins reviews "James Martin: Essential Writings," edited by James T. Keane.