December 9, 2003

Crisis • Vol. 21 • No. 10 • November 2003 • www.CrisisMagazine.com Features: The Dark Backward: Demons in the Real World Tom Hoopes takes a close look at contemporary cases of demonic oppression and possession. The Media Crisis: How the Church Failed Rev. Raymond J. de Souza explains why the American bishops lost an opportunity to turn a grave scandal into a spiritual teaching moment. Five Myths About the Rapture Carl E. Olson reveals the deep flaws in this popular—and modern—theological invention. Soloviev’s Amen: A Russian Orthodox Argument for the Papacy Rev. Ray Ryland introduces Vladimir Soloviev, a Russian Orthodox layman who penned what may well be the strongest apologetic for the papacy ever written. Strangers in the House: When Catholics in the Media Turned Against the Church Mark Gauvreau Judge scratches the surface of Maureen Dowd and E. J. Dionne…and finds the odious John Cogley.

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Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem
“At the Rebirth of St. Petersburg” by Robert Conquest

The Book Against God: A Novel
by James Wood

Miracles at the Jesus Oak: Histories of the Supernatural in Reformation Europe
by Craig Harline

The Secret of New York City Revealed
by Thomas Howard

Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice
by Sol Stern

World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
by Amy Chua

Victims Anonymous
Robert Royal tells the oft-neglected story of those who lived and died in the Gulag.

Life-Size Movies
Terry Teachout reviews three movies that restore believability to the cinema.

Long Live the Symphony
Robert R. Reilly says that the reported death of the symphony is indeed premature.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

Guest Column
Sandra Miesel

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny