Videos

Former priest and Boston Globe columnist James Carroll examined the structure of the Catholic Church and reflected on his own faith. This virtual program was hosted by the Harvard Book Store…

James Carroll talked about his book Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011). He talked about the history of the ancient city and…

James Carroll talked about his book Practicing Catholic (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; April 1, 2009). The book is a personal history of the American Catholic Church during his lifetime and a d…

James Carroll talked about his book House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power, published by Houghton Mifflin. In his book Mr. Carroll chronicled the growth of U.S…

Mr. Carroll and others talked about his book, Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History, published by Houghton Mifflin. The book traces the element of anti-Semitism in the Cath…

Richard Parker talked about his book John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. The author described the man who served under Pre…

Authors talked about the George W. Bush Administration’s foreign and domestic policies and the upcoming Presidential election. Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, acted as moderator. The au…

James Carroll talked about his new book, An American Requiem: God, My Father and the War that Came between Us. It focuses on his relationship with his father, an Air Force general, and how t…

James Carroll talked about neighborhoods and citizenship. Mr. Carroll is the author of the book, American Requiem, which is about the Vietnam War. He talked about the importance of neighborh…