James Carroll: 'Story of the church and the West could have gone another way'

James Carroll: 'Story of the church and the West could have gone another way'

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by Alexandra Greenwald

Apr 28, 2018

In James Carroll's newest novel, The Cloister, the Catholic Church's relationship with the "other" is examined through parallel narratives that span centuries and continents. The author gave an email interview with NCR to discuss the novel, his 12th.