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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