Word: pastorale
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For a place founded by a bunch of ministers in order to train a bunch more, Harvard seems to have plenty of reason, but not a lot of faith. Undergraduates don’t have to touch religion with a ten-foot-pole if they don’t want...
The novel suffers from several less-than-perfect attempts at recreating the evocative magic of Proust’s madeleine—employing peanut butter and jelly instead to achieve the “mnemonic power of a simple sandwich”—and it somewhat overeagerly propounds...
That scheme had come to seem impossibly harsh. Says the Rev. James Martin, an editor at the Jesuit publication America who has performed many baptisms: "My idea of God is not a God who would condemn a baby to an imperfect life for eternity." Many priests have downplayed limbo out...
In the Alice Springs office of the N.T.'s Parks & Wildlife Commission, Steve Eldridge has a small but growing collection of dna samples waiting to be sent to Wilton. They're to be the start of genetic sampling of dingoes in the Territory where they are protected, though government staff...
The lineup for last Monday’s concert at the Roxy was more Animal Planet than MTV, as pastoral electronicists Caribou and Welsh psychedelic goof-rockers Super Furry Animals stampeded the stage. The bill was remarkable for its balance; Caribou has ridden a series of melodic electro-acoustic albums...