CORRESPONDENCE Orestes Brownson Chicago, 111. To the Editors: On a recent Sunday morning, I participated at Mass with Orestes A. Brownson. We were in the crypt of the Sacred Heart Church...
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FROM GLORY TO SHAME One of the oldest charges against the Church is that it is a monolith. That charge never made a great deal of sense, but it becomes positively hilarious when confronted with a...
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS CRISIS OF THE CITIES The dramatic election of John V. Lindsay as Mayor of New York has called national attention to the crisis through which most American cities are now...
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MEN OF THE '30s A contemporary look at five literary figures RICHARD KOSTELANETZ No decade of American culture has been as thoroughly and frequently repudiated, as a cultural entity, as the...
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Iris Murdoch's novels THE GUISES OF LOVE BERNARD McCABE Ever since 1954, when her first novel, Under the Net, was published in England, Iris Murdoch has enjoyed a striking reputation. For...
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From Winesburg to Park Ave. WANTED: A PROTESTANT NOVELIST LEONARD KRIEGEL We have been hearing about the minority novel in America for so long now that it is refreshing to note the growing...
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ANYTHING ON WHEELS THE SCREEN A cluster of current movies seem to be determined to prove Shaw's adage: "It's a pity that youth is wasted on young people." These films bubble with the energy...
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BOOKS CRITICS' CHOICES FOR CHRISTMAS WILLIAM BIRMINGHAM Images of Hope. By William F. Lynch, S.J. (Helicon, $5-95) The boldness of Teilhard de Chardin is his daring to preach optimism on the...
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