|
|
Article: From Dante To Dead Man Walking: One Reader'S Journey Through The Christian Classics. (Spring books: an odd collection of catholic classics).
- Article from:
- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
FROM DANTE TO DEAD MAN WALKING:
ONE READER'S JOURNEY THROUGH
THE CHRISTIAN CLASSICS
By Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
Loyola Press, $19.95, 242 pages
A mind is a terrible thing to waste, or so we've been reminded in television ads, but a mind is a lovely thing to enrich, or so Jesuit Fr. Ray Schroth's latest would have us think.
Coming from the family that owned and operated the historic Brooklyn Eagle newspaper, Schroth has lived, written and taught journalism. Among generations of students at five Jesuit colleges, he has a golden reputation as a tough teacher and a good confessor. He's also done a fairly creditable biography of Eric Sevareid, a journalist ...