January 10, 2006


Crisis • Vol. 23 • No. 11 • December 2005 •
www.CrisisMagazine.com


Features:

Hitler's Mufti: The dark legacy of Haj Amin Al-Husseini
Ronald J. Rychlak argues that while Pius XII wasn't the Nazi collaborator recent books have claimed him to have been, Hitler did have a strong religious ally—the grand mufti of Jerusalem.

A Priesthood of Fathers
Anthony Esolen offers a moving look at the fatherhood of the Catholic priest.  

What should the Laity be doing?   
Russell Shaw says the laity must play a role in the renewal of the Catholic Church—a role that involves more than serving on the parish staff.  

Winston Churchill and the old cause 
Edward Short recalls one of the world's great statesmen and his curious disdain for religion.  

Outlaw: One Priest in the Underground Chinese Church 
Theresa Marie Moreau gives an inside look at the persecution of the Catholic Church in China through the eyes of a priest who escaped from it.  

Love Bears Fruit: The Triumph of Mother Angelica 
Tom Hoopes takes a rare, behind-the-scenes tour through the studios of the world's biggest Catholic network…and tells the story of the miracle behind it all.

 




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Books - Arts - Culture:

The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God
by George Weigel

Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death
by Mark Fuhrman

Holy Superheroes!: Exploring Faith and Spirituality in Comic Books
by Greg Garrett

Thomas Jefferson: Author of America
by Christopher Hitchens

A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down
by Robert B. Laughlin



Poem

“An Eightieth-Birthday Ballade for Anthony Hecht”
by Richard Wilbur

Films

William Baer is impressed with Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist.

Music

Robert R. Reilly makes out his Christmas List.


Departments:

Letters

Columns:

The Editor's View
Brian Saint-Paul

The Idler
David Warren

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense and Nonsense
James V. Schall

Ashes to Ashes
Tom Howard


 

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