May 07, 2007


Crisis • Vol. 25 • No. 4 • May 2007 •

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Features:

Superhuman: The Uncharted Territory of Transhumanism
Eric Pavlat examines the growing efforts to use technology to dramatically change what it means to be “human.”

The Minimum Wage and Catholic Social Teaching
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops frequently supports minimum wage increases, and uses its religious authority to urge the same among the faithful. But is this the only position a Catholic may take on the issue? Rev. Robert J. Johansen comes to an interesting conclusion. 

Just Exactly Where is the Church? Unam Sanctam, Vatican II, and the Salvation of Non-Catholics
Mark P. Shea says that, despite appearances, the Church has not changed its position on the fate of non-Catholics.

The ‘Untouchables’: The Human Face of India’s Caste System
Benedict Rogers looks at the ongoing fight for India’s Dalit people . . . and says the Church has its own part to play in the struggle.

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May 2007

Poem

“Holyrood Abbey, Scotland”  by Kate Slavens

Books

The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins

The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South
by Philip Jenkins

Faith and Politics: How the ‘Moral Values’ Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together
by Sen. John Danforth

Gleanings from an Unplanned Life: An Annotated Oral History
by James L. Buckley

Film

William Baer says that Zodiac and last year’s The Black Dahlia both illustrate the problem with basing a movie on an unsolved crime.

Music

Robert R. Reilly says a new collection of Bach’s work is simply too good—and too affordable—to miss.


Letters


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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