Constantine’s civilian sword

author that he is, James Carroll has built a spectacular career writing mostly about what he knows best, which is the Roman Catholic Church. He learned those religious ropes as a Catholic priest for five years, serving as a student chaplain at Boston University before surrendering his vestments for a career as a writer, working in various fields, succeeding in all of them. As a journalist, columnist, playwright, novelist and non-fiction writer over the past five decades, he has earned millions of readers, hundreds of positive reviews and any number of prestigious honors, including the National Book Award. Not to mention the National Jewish Book Award for his 2001 title, Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews, which demonstrated dramatically that Carroll’s expertise far exceeds […]