July 2, 2002



Crisis Vol. 20 No. 7 - July/August 2002

Features:

On the trail of the Ark
Raymond Matthew Wray travels to a lonely corner of Ethiopia, where the Orthodox Church claims to have th!e "lost" Ark of the Covenant. Could it be right?

Can Same-Sex Marriage be stopped?
Tom Hoopes investigates the push by homosexual activists to make gay marriage legal in the United States. It may happen sooner than you think.


Cover photo: Raymond Matthew Wray

Single Living In A Couples' World
Katrina J. Zeno looks at the vocation of the single Catholic in a culture where chastity means failure.

Assurances Of Faith: How Catholic Was Shakespeare? How Catholic Are His Plays?
Paul J. Voss examines the religious dimension of the great playwright's life and work.

Outside Narnia
Eve Tushnet asks how Christian parents should deal with non-Christian children's literature. Her answer may surprise you.

Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem
"Last Will" by William Baer

Poem
"Going to See 'Casablanca': 1945" by William F. Bell

The Orchards of Syon
by Geoffrey Hill

With the Grain of the Universe: The Church's Witness and Natural Theology
by Stanley Hauerwas

As I Lay Dying: Meditations Upon Returning
by Richard John Neuhaus

Under Satan's Sun
by George Bernanos

Mexican Phoenix, Our Lady of Guadalupe: Image and Tradition across Five Centuries!
by D.A. Brading

The Glenstal Book of Prayer: A Benedictine Prayer Book
by the Monks of Glenstal Abbey

The Best We Can Do
Terry Teachout explains why Spider-Man is such good trash.

Modern Passions
Robert R. Reilly says that three recently recorded oratorios show why when it comes to setting religious texts, faith matters.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

Guest Column
Mark Shea

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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