September 2, 2002



Crisis Vol. 20 No. 8 • September 2002 

Features:

How Faith-Based Charities Can Work: The Success of Covenant House
Mark Stricherz shows how a well-known Catholic charity compares favorably with government programs.

When Abortion Kills Twice: The Breast-Cancer Link
Tom Hoopes reports on evidence of a link between breast cancer and abortion and explains why mainstream medicine is ignoring the facts.


Cover photo: Raymond Matthew Wray

No Ordinary Joy: How the Charismatic Renewal Is Changing the French Church
Guillaume Zorgbibe looks at a movement that has given new life—and a new hope—to the Catholic Church in France.

A Question of Integrity: Michael Rose and the American College of Louvain
Brian Saint-Paul examines one section of Goodbye, Good Men and makes a disturbing discovery.

The Case for Catholic Studies
Marian Crowe argues that Catholic studies programs are an important, if imperfect, solution to the identity crisis at Catholic universities.

Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem
"The Aztec Revival" by Les Murray

At the End of an Age
by John Lukacs

A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses
by Isabel Colegate

Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama

The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Community
by John E. Tropman

What’s So Great About America
by Dinesh D’Souza

The Catholic Way: Faith for Living Today
by Bishop Donald W. Wuerl

Pictures of Words
Terry Teachout can’t help liking a director who knows that conversation can be as dramatic as any light-saber duel.

Sergei Taneyev: A Rare Find
Robert R. Reilly recommends the work of the 19th-century Russian composer Sergei Taneyev, a classicist in a Romantic age.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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