Crisis • Vol. 22 • No.9 • October 2004 • www.CrisisMagazine.com Features: The Case for an American Empire H.W. Crocker III says every Catholic should be an enthusiastic imperialist. Why You Must Vote Discouraged about the choices in the upcoming election? Tempted to sit this one out? Benjamin D. Wiker would like a word with you. Reconciling Judas: Evangelizing the Theologians Edward T. Oakes, S.J. looks at the troubling tendency of theologians to abandon the historic faith. A Match Made in Heaven When Jesuit missionaries met Mexico’s Tarahumara people, they created a form of Catholicism like nothing else on earth. Robert Griffin visited the remote tribe. Jose Serebrier: A Double Muse Robert R. Reilly sits down with one of the premier composers of our day.

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Books - Arts - Culture:

Book Reviews

Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul
by Tony Hendra

Martin Luther
by Martin Marty

Preaching Eugenics: Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement
by Christine Rosen

Heavenly Intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History’s Greatest Scientific Discoveries
by Joshua Gilder and Anne-Lee Gilder

Spiritual Workout of a Former Saint
by Danny Abramowicz

Poem

“Elegy After Catullus” by Harry Thomas
“On The Fittingness of the Assumption” by Peter Kreeft

Films

In Darkest Jersey.- Terry Teachout isn’t entirely sure how he feels about Garden State.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

The Editor’s View
Brian Saint-Paul

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

Guest Column
Randy Boyagoda

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense and Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny