Conversations: Martin Scorsese on ‘The Saints’, faith in filmmaking and what his next movie might be
JAKE COYLE, film writer for Associated Press, speaks with the famed director about his latest project chronicling the lives of saints…
Essay: Mo Farah – here’s why it is so difficult for trafficking victims to disclose their experiences
PATRICIA HYNES, professor of social justice at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, looks – in an article published on The Conversation – at the factors that discourage human trafficking victims from coming forward…
Books: A classic read on the importance of solitude gains new resonance in a 24/7 world
MATTHEW SMEAL, a writer and photographer who specialises in the humanitarian sector, finds “a depth that belies its simplicity” in Henri Nouwen’s 1974 book, ‘Out of Solitude’…
Essay: Deaf Christians often struggle to hear God’s word, but some find meaning in the richness of who they are
In an article first published on The Conversation, JANA BENNETT, professor of religion at the University of Dayton, looks at the challenges – and joys – people with hearing loss can face in Christian worship…
SSSH!: AS CITIES SURGE, SOME SEEK A NEW AIM – PEACE AND QUIET
CAREY L BIRON and ADELA SULIMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on growing demands for quiet in cities acorss the world…
Sight-Seeing: The struggle to find silence – in the ancient world and now
In an article first published on The Conversation, KIM HAINES-EITZEN, of Cornell University in the US, looks at our ongoing quest for silence and how it helped shape the development of the monastic lifestyle…
Sight-Seeing: Meeting God in the silence
NILS VON KALM reflects on what he learned during a recent six day silent retreat…
This Life: Finding power in the silence
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the importance of silence…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘SILENCE’ A BLEAK BUT POWERFUL PORTRAYAL OF FAITH UNDER PRESSURE
DAVID ADAMS watches Martin Scorsese’s Silence…
IRAQ: “[ISLAMIC STATE] MADE ME SPIT ON A CROSS AND CONVERT TO ISLAM”
A correspondent for World Watch Monitor reports from Iraq…