November 4 , 2006


Crisis • Vol. 24 • No. 9 • November 2006 •

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Features:

DEVIL TALK: IS THE GOSPEL OF JOHN ANTI-SEMITIC? 
Mark P. Shea looks at a controversial passage and discovers that it has been badly misunderstood.

THE POPE AND THE PROPHET
Robert R. Reilly uncovers the real controversy between Islam and the West . . . and it has nothing to do with cartoons or 14th-century Byzantine emperors.

SHRINKING THE BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE
Russell Shaw examines the recent decision to downsize the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

PURSUING THE TRUTH: ON CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
Jim Towey outlines the role and responsibility of the authentically Catholic college.

HOW TO VOTE CATHOLIC: PART II
In this second and final installment, Deal W. Hudson offers a Catholic look at the major issues facing today’s voter.

THE JOY OF PRIESTHOOD
Rev. John Jay Hughes reflects on the priesthood in a time of Church crisis.


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Poems

“Hoshioka Teahouse”
by Liu E, translated by A. M. Juster

Books

Don’t Tread on Me: A 400-Year History of America at War, from Indian Fighting to Terrorist Hunting
by H. W. Crocker III

The Collar: A Year of Striving and Faith Inside a Catholic Seminary
by Jonathan Englert

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
by Francis S. Collins

Look Homeward, America: In Search of Reactionary Radicals and Front-Porch Anarchists
by Bill Kauffman

Film

William Baer says the flaws of the book All The King’s Men have carried over into the ew film adaptation

Music

Robert R. Reilly remembers a musical magician.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

The Editor’s View
Brian Saint-Paul

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

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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