November 4, 2003

Crisis • Vol. 21 • No. 9 • October 2003 • www.CrisisMagazine.com Features: Inside the Bishops’ Conference, Part I: Why the American Bishops Lack Accountability Why the American Bishops Lack Accountability In the first installment of his three-part investigation, Mark Stricherz takes you behind the scenes of the U.S. bishops’ conference to see how things really work. The Last Straw: Quitting the Bishops’ Review Board In this Crisis exclusive, former Oklahoma governor Frank Keating talks about his turbulent year on the board…and what finally led him to resign. The Truth About the Spanish Inquisition Thomas F. Madden clears away the myths that still surround this controversial institution. What the War Revealed David Quinn looks at what the war in Iraq revealed about the Vatican’s world politics. Going Native: Life in the Country A couple years ago Benjamin D. Wiker moved his family to the country…and lived to tell of it.

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Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem
“Sunday’s Gospel” by Christopher Scalia

No End to War: Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century
by Walter Laqueur

Running From the Devil: A Memoir of a Boy Possessed
by Steve Kissing

Diversity: The Invention of a Concept
by Peter Wood

The American Republic
by Orestes A. Brownson

Amazing Grace for Those Who Suffer: 10 Amazing Stories of Hope and Healing
by Jeff Cavins and Matthew Pinto

Between Two Worlds
Robert Royal finds that a road map for the Church tells us more about where we’ve been than where we are going.

Without Reference
Terry Teachout says Open Range is an unashamedly old-fashioned Western.

A Trinity of Masses
Robert R. Reilly looks at three new releases that turn our hearts back to the beauty of liturgy.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall