April 1, 2002



Crisis Vol. 20 No. 4 - April 2002

Features:

The Real History of the Crusades
Thomas F. Madden takes you beyond the myths and reveals what really happened.

Aborting the Church
Kathryn Jean Lopez dis-covers a few things Frances Kissling and Catholics for a Free Choice would rather you not know.


Cover art by
Erich Lessing/
Art Resource, NY

On the Front Lines of the School-Choice Debate
Tom Hoopes introduces you to Jim Kelly, one of the key figures behind the nationwide campaign for school choice.

Finding St. Joseph
Sandra Miesel traces the surprising history of devotion to Jesus' earthly father.

Can the IRS Shut Down the Catholic Church?
Deal W. Hudson talks to Robert Destro about the government's fiscal threat to the Church.

Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem "Borges Lonely Until the Last Days"
by Willis Barnstone

Letters to a Young Contrarian
Christopher Hitchens

Characters in Search of Their Author
Ralph McInerny

Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher Education
Jeffrey Hart

Pope John XXIII
Thomas Cahill

The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored
George Weigel

Bee Season (audiobook)
Myla Goldberg

Crazy Like a Fox
Terry Teachout laments the sentimental mindlessness of A Beautiful Mind.

Schickele Unmixed
Robert R. Reilly tells you why Peter Schickele should quit his day job as P.D.Q. Bach.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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