Spielberg’s Disclosure Day offers wonder — and questions for faith
The acclaimed director pairs suspense with reflections on God, empathy and humanity's place in a universe that may be more populated than we imagined, writes Alfred Walker.
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"The essays on the author’s trips abroad felt as if I, too, gazed west toward the Atlantic, where (Ta-Nehisi) Coates’ ancestors were shipped into enslavement." — Alfred Walker
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"An urgent and passionate commentator, [John Pavlovitz] lives in the tension between despair and hope." — Alfred Walker