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Dappled Things: Re-posts his great resource, “bare-essential book recommendations for seekers.” For all interested in learning more about the Catholic Church and the Christian faith.

The Holy Office (hee!): Comments on this Christianity Today piece on horror movies. My favorite quote from THO:

Many critics have written that horror — whether in movies or books — is fundamentally conservative, because it inspires the audience to identify and revile an “outsider” — the monster onto which our fears and hates can be projected. Intriguingly, Christianity Today‘s author instead sees horror as a chance to identify with the monster, and so to recognize an innate “monstrousness” within ourselves. At the same time, he sees an identification with the victims of horror movies, and the implication is that the monster and the victim are, in a sense, the same.

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Oxblog: The military academies’ “class of 9/11” graduates.