July-August 2001


Crisis Vol. 19 No. 7 - July/August 2001

Features:

Mother Angelica's Empire of the Airwaves
Kathryn Jean Lopez tracks the 20-year growth of Catholic broadcast giant EWTN.

Avery Dulles's Long Road to Rome
Robert Royal chronicles the journey of the WASP intellectual who became a Catholic cardinal.


Cover photo
courtesy of EWTN

Catholics Give the Best Parties
Jeffrey Tucker points out that the liturgical calendar almost always provides an excuse for a feast.

Writing Faith Into Film in Hollywood
Barbara R. Nicolosi teaches Christian screenwriters how to master a secular art form.

Why Blue-Collar Catholics Won't Vote Republican
John Rossomando reports on a group that is socially conservative but loyal to its Democratic roots.

The Church and the Internet
Russell Shaw outlines ways in which the Vatican can help make the Web a more moral medium.

Books - Arts - Culture:

The Lecturer's Tale
by James Hynes

Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God
by Scott Hahn

The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages
by Katherine Ludwig Jansen

Cardinal Ratzinger: The Vatican's Enforcer of the Faith
by John L. Allen, Jr.

Singleton Sellout
Terry Teachout finds that Hollywood has poured the usual treacle over Bridget Jones's Diary.

The Listening Is Easy
Robert R. Reilly picks summertime CDs from the classical treasury

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

Brass Tacks
Charlotte Allen

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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