Crisis • Vol. 22 • No.7• July - August 2004 • www.CrisisMagazine.com Features: Breaking Vows: When Faithful Catholics Divorce Tom Hoopes looks at the growing but little-discussed phenomenon of faithful Catholic couples divorcing. After the Council: Living Vatican II George Sim Johnston discusses what we need to do to fully and authentically implement the teachings of the council. The Death of Morality It’s the single greatest moral crisis we’ve ever faced, and it’s upon us now. Benjamin D. Wiker explains. A New Dawn for Latin Chant? Arlene Oost-Zinner and Jeffrey Tucker examine the recent revival of liturgical chant. Debating Beauty: Jacques Maritain and Dietrich von Hildebrand Alice von Hildebrand explains why two great thinkers who agreed on so much can differ so dramatically when it comes to the meaning of beauty.

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Books - Arts - Culture:

Book Reviews

Surprise, Security, and the American Experience
by John Lewis Gaddis

God: An Itinerary
by Régis Debray

A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country
by Benjamin Weiser

Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)
edited by Helen C. Evans

Educating for Liberty: The First Half-Century of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute
by Lee Edwards

Seeing Things

Christian Scripture/American Scripture
Robert Royal says that Jaroslav Pelikan’s latest work is a rare example of cultural comparison done well.

Poem

“Sunday” by Alfred Nichol

Films

Ten for a Rainy Day
Terry Teachout offers ten of the best films you’ve never seen.

Music

Summer Listening
Robert R. Reilly suggests some music with which to wile away the long summer days.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Guest Columns

The Unexpected Joy of Alzheimer’s
By Colleen Carroll Campbell

Reborn Methodists
By Dave Berg

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall