Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Newman on the Personal
There immediately follows a piece of vintage Newmanian satire. He imagines the division of mind that is…
Poetry
Like the weary sailor, the refugee from wreck and storm, who escapes half-dead, and then, in terror,…
It Is Not a “Catholic Thing”
During what may come to be called the Great Lenten Humiliation of 2002, it seemed that every…
Homosexuality and Abuse
A reader in Princeton, New Jersey, says we are “pandering to anti-Catholic hysteria” by even paying attention…
Purgatory for Everyone
A few years ago, the journalist Philip Nobile wrote an article near the first anniversary of the…
Feathers of Scandal
The story is told of St. Philip Neri (1515–1595) that he gave a most unusual penance to…
Redemption
The angels offered reprieve, escape for Lot’s entire household including almost-sons who having witnessed a divine defense…
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The Koran: A Very Short Introduction By Michael Cook Oxford University Press. 162 pp. $8.95 The Qur’an…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Ascent from Ideology
Reviewed by Robert P. Kraynak Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Russian writer and former Soviet dissident, is not yet…
Religious Freedom: Innovation and Development
According to John Henry Newman, whose two hundredth birthday we celebrated in February 2001, Christianity came into…
Millennials Floating
This time last year, a book called Millennials Rising began to make headlines. The authors, Neil Howe…
The Divided Self of William James
In his 1895 meditation on the question “Is Life Worth Living?” William James concluded that human life…
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The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights . By Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Yale…
Why Angels Fall: A Journey Through Orthodox Europe from Byzantium to Kosovo
Why Angels Fall , a mixture of travelogue and theological/religious commentary on the history and culture of…
Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America
At a recent conference on the ethics of withdrawing nourishment and fluids from mentally incompetent patients, I…
