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Killing the Buddha

Martyrs Who Know How to Sing

By Nathan Schneider | April 6, 2011

Ever since seeing Terrence Malick’s extraordinary film The Thin Red Line a few months ago, I’ve been transfixed by the chants that play on its soundtrack, especially those by the…

Killing the Buddha

Martyrdom Makeover

By Nathan Schneider | March 29, 2011

New from me at Religion Dispatches: The idea of martyrdom hasn’t been in very good shape lately. One common usage of it—“I’ll not be made a martyr!”—refers to the prospect…

“Romero is always present,” says Ana Grande, 30. A 2005 mural by J. Reyes Yasbek entitled Verdad y Justicia (“Truth and Justice”) attests to Romero’s continuing legacy in the struggle for social justice. All photos by Richard Amesbury.

Presente

By Richard Amesbury and Andrew Kirschman, S.J. | March 22, 2010

Archbishop Romero’s legacy survives in El Salvador.

Russian nun

Hands Across the Water

By Peter Manseau | March 30, 2009

A Russian nun and her impossible song, in an excerpt from Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World’s Holy Dead.