Catholicism

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Editorial: That Encyclical

The Editors

We do not ordinarily publish official church statements. In fact, we never have before. This issue, however,…

The Economics of Human Freedom

Pope John Paul II

Editors’ Note: The following is a condensation of Centesimus Annus (“The Hundredth Year”), Pope John Paul II’s…

Not the Catholic Moment?

Kenneth Craycraft

The Church, Pilgrim of Centuries by thomas molnar eerdmans, 182 pages, $15.95 Perhaps of all world religions,…

What Crisis in the Black Church?

R. Laurence Moore

The Black Church in the African American Experience by c. eric lincoln and lawrence h. mamiya duke…

Do You Believe What You Sing?

Paul V. Mankowski

Why Catholics Can’t Sing:The Culture of Catholicism and the Triumph of Bad Tasteby thomas daycrossroad, 177 pages,…

The Vatican and the State of Israel

Eugene J. Fisher

In a recently published book, Sergio I. Minerbi, formerly of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks…

Careless Flying

Luci Shaw

I I have been considering the ravens, who live without worrying and have no bins or barns…

Do You Believe What You Sing?

Paul V. Mankowski

Why Catholics Can’t Sing: The Culture of Catholicism and the Triumph of Bad Taste by thomas day…

Beyond Liberty

Dean C. Curry

This Hemisphere of Liberty: A Philosophy of the Americas by michael novak aei press, 153 pages, $18.95…

Of Rome and Runnymede

Paul V. Mankowski

Curious. Why should the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe all see fit to carry the story of the…

“I Am the Very Model of a Modern Vicar-P’rochial”

Mike Aquilina

V-P:I am the very model of a modern Vicar-P’rochial. I’ve schooling theological, from Curran to Ezekial. I…

History According to the Village Atheist

James Turner

The Arrogance of Faith: Christianity and Race in America from the Colonial Era to the Twentieth Century…

Saints as Givers, Saints as Guides

James Tunstead Burtchaell

Making Saints: How the Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn’t and Why by kenneth l.…

The Death of Religious Higher Education

The Editors

From time to time, a set of concerns reaches something like a critical mass. Familiar discontents vaguely…

The New Lapsed

Peter J. Leithart

In the aftermath of the victory over Communist domination of Eastern Europe, previously hidden divisions are surfacing…