October 2001


Crisis Vol. 19 No. 9 - October 2001

Features:

The Price of Priestly Pederasty
Dan Michalski examines the clerical sex abuse that nearly bankrupted several dioceses.

Who Burned the Witches?
Sandra Miesel says the numbers were lower than you think-but Catholics were as much to blame as Protestants.


Cover art by
Kevin Chadwick

Reconsidering Vatican II
Michael Novak has second thoughts about the unqualified optimism he once felt about the Second Vatican Council.

How to be a Moral Investor
Samuel Gregg points out that it's not the same thing as being a politically correct investor.

Philip Pullman's Dark Materials
Cynthia Grenier tells Harry Potter-phobes about a children's fantasy series they should really be worried about.

Books - Arts - Culture:

In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture
Alister McGrath

True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey

The Seeker's Guide to the Rosary
Liz Kelly

Say It Is Pentecost: A Guide Through Balthasar's Logic
Aidan Nichols

The Spirit of the Liturgy
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

The Pilgrim's Regress
C.S. Lewis

Do You Know Who Your Kids Are?
Terry Teachout says Ghost World's look at young people starved for transcendence makes it this year's best film to date.

Keeping America Real
Robert R. Reilly toasts some contemporary U.S. composers who shun European atonality to write beautiful music.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

Brass Tacks
Charlotte Allen

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

 

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