Blessed Are the Merciful
In Clemency, Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Alfre Woodard plays Bernadine Williams, a prison warden preparing to oversee her 12th execution. Viewers enter Williams’ mind as she grapples with executing another prisoner. A film with emotional weight and pertinent themes, Clemency raises important questions. Neon.
Triumphalism
The Doctrine of Discovery fueled European colonization of Indigenous land and continues to support institutional racism in America today. In Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah deconstruct this false narrative of “discovery” and how it is still espoused today. IVP.
Revelation
Good Things Out of Nazareth: The Uncollected Letters of Flannery O’Connor and Friends gives additional insight into the life and work of this master of the American short story. Art, ethics, Catholicism, and Southern culture are discussed with depth and humor. Convergent.
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