April 7, 2003



Crisis • Vol. 21 • No. 4 • April 2003 •

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FEATURES

Does Science point to God? The Intelligent Design Revolution
More scientists are coming to a conclusion they never expected: The universe was designed. And if it was designed, there must be a Designer. Benjamin D. Wiker shows you what the Intelligent Design movement could mean for the future of science and religion.

The Liberal Arts and Sexual Morality
Sexual morality is at an all-time low...and is sinking further with each passing generation. Peter Kreeft argues that the drop in morality is connected to the disintegration of the liberal arts.


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Brother Beat
Few are aware that one of the Beat movements most significant poets was a Dominican monk. Dana Gioia introduces you to Brother Antoninus.

The Unhealed Wound: The Damage of Divorce to Children
The mainstream media are perpetuating the myth of the “Good Divorce,” wherein parents try to get along for the sake of their children. John Omicinski— a child of divorce himself—exposes this fable and reveals the lifelong impact of divorce on children.

Twelve Chants Every Catholic Should Know
Arlene Oost-Zinner and Jeffrey Tucker reintroduce you to twelve of the most essential Catholic chants...and explain why they should be at the heart of any authentic liturgical renewal.

BOOKS • ARTS • CULTURE

Poem
“Messengers” by Carrie Jerrell

Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
by Matthew Scully

A History of the Church in the Middle Ages
by F. Donald Logan

The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry
by Wendell Berry

Natural Rights and the Right to Choose
by Hadley Arkes

The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy

by Colleen Carroll

The Old European
Terry Teachout reviews Hollywood’s latest foray into tiresome anti-Americanism.

Music That Works
Robert R. Reilly reminds us that not all 20th-century music should be forgotten.

Departments

Letters

Columns

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

Guest Column
Tom O’Brien

Guest Column
Mark P. Shea

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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