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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