James Carroll
7 books
About the Author
James Carroll is an acclaimed author, historian, and former Catholic priest whose works explore the intersections of faith, family, and American history with profound insight and emotional depth. Born in Chicago in 1943, he served as a Paulist priest before leaving the priesthood in the 1970s, experiences that deeply inform his writing. Carroll's memoir An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us―A National Book Award Winner delves into his strained relationship with his Air Force general father amid the Vietnam War era, blending personal narrative with broader reflections on religion and patriotism. In Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age, he reexamines the figure of Jesus Christ through a modern, secular lens, challenging contemporary notions of divinity and humanity. A regular contributor to The New Yorker and other publications, Carroll continues to illuminate the moral complexities of our time through his eloquent prose.
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