November 4, 2002



Crisis Vol. 20 No. 10 - November 2002

Features:

What’s So Great About Catholicism
H.W. Crocker III writes about ten things that attracted him to the Church.

Twenty Years of Crisis Magazine
The Crisis staff looks back at two decades of the magazine.


Cover photo by Blaine Harrington III/CORBIS

The Laity and the Scandal: What next?
Russell Shaw suggests how the laity can take on new responsibilities within the Church without taking up the agenda of liberal dissidents.

Alien Ideas: Christianity and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Benjamin D. Wiker revisits the strange history of belief in extraterrestrials and considers what impact their existence would have on Christianity.

The Politics of Family Destruction
Stephen Baskerville explains how the government actually encourages divorce.

Monastery Vacations in France
Mary Jo Anderson escapes France’s tourist traps to explore some out-of-the-way treasures of France’s religious heritage.

Is the Second Coming Necessary?
Mark P. Shea answers Christopher Hitchens in this "Christianity From the Outside" response.

Books - Arts - Culture:

Poems:
"
The Wake" by Leonard Cochran and "First Do No Harm" by Tim Muller

The God of Hope and the End of the World
by John Polkinghorne

A Mind’s Matter: An Intellectual Autobiography
by Stanley L. Jaki

Prolegomena to Charity
by Jean-Luc Marion

The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics
by Mark Lilla

The Courage to Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church
by George Weigel

Revenge: A Novel
by Stephen Fry

No White Horses
Terry Teachout argues that when it comes to the epic drama, there is such a thing as too much nuance.

Fall Harvest
Robert R. Reilly highlights some of the best of this season’s new recordings.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

Guest Column
Michael Novak

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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