William Bole
Cognoscenti contributor
William Bole is a writer at Boston College and coauthor, with Bob Abernethy, of “The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World.”
Recently published
The Most Radical Christmas Carol
"The Magnificat," the oldest Christmas carol, is sung by Mary, alone and pregnant, writes William Bole. The song, which speaks of sending "the rich away empty," has occasionally been banned...