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Vol. 131 Issue 001 (January 16 2004)
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Correspondence
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Fig leaf, please Your December 5, 2003 cover ("El Greco's Modern Vision") was a joke, right? If not, kindly send future copies of Commonweal in a plain brown wrapper. EDWARD F. HAYES Orlando,...
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EditoriaL: Getting religion
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STAFF Editor: Paul Baumann Managing Editor: Patrick Jordan Associate Editors: Daria Donnelly (At Large) Grant Gallicho Maurice Timothy Reidy Production Editor & Webmaster: Tiina Aleman Copy...
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Et cetera: Job well done
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"I want a speech that doesn't commit me to anything and that drips with sincerity." pie. Foer worries that a Democratic candidate who cannot speak to those with religious sensibilities cannot win...
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How to read Scripture
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Garvey, John
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HOW TO READ SCRIPTURE Tradition vs. zeitgeist he Vatican has suspended its dialogue with the Anglican Church, following the decision of its American branch to consecrate as a bishop a man who left...
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A quagmire?: Watching our rhetoric
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Lopez, George A.
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George A. Lopez A QUAGMIRE? Vietnam, Iraq & other analogies s Americans contend with an increasingly dangerous and uncertain situation in Iraq, the language we use to debate our policy becomes...
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How ecumenical?: Immigration, Islam & the Vatican
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Cipolla, Benedicta
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announced a new plan to transfer governing power to Iraqis by June 2004. But the following month the administration took two steps backward by prohibiting those countries that had not supported the...
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Islamic Britain
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Watts, Greg
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tian identity. It will have to decide whether the fraternal and sometimes penitential voice of official dialogue is sufficient to discuss the thorniest of issues—including, as De Rosa suggests, the...
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Chicago Catholic A theological conservative at the helm
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Feuerherd, Peter
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CHICAGO CATHOLIC A profile of Cardinal Francis George Peter Feuerherd H e's decidedly not charismatic. His style is cerebral, low-key, and unlike other prominent church leaders, he is a bit...
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The Contrary Traveler
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Swenson, Karen
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The Contrary Traveler They ask, "Why do you go to...?" It's not that journey allegorizes life; pilgrims know the fallacy of progress. Travelers are light particles, a sand scrim blown low...
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The Coming Conclave
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Bellitto, Christopher M.
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THE COMING CONCLAVE How the next pope will be chosen Christopher M. Bellitto S omehow, talking about conclaves feels unseemly—even ghoulish—while John Paul II suffers so visibly. Still, we must...
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Autumn Spring: Something's Gotta Give
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Cooper, Rand Richards
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NEVER SAY DIE 'Autumn Spring' & 'Something's Gotta Give' ome year's end, with Hollywood serving up another round of high-gloss, $100-million epics, it's nice to be able to turn to European movies....
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The Beginning of Wisdom
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Kass, Leon R.; Johnson, Luke Timothy
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Among the patriarchs The Beginning of Wisdom Reading Genesis Leon R. Kass Tin' Free Press, $35, 720 pp. Luke Timothy Johnson eon Kass is a professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the...
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Religion booknotes
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Cunningham, Lawrence S.
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ohn J. Delaney's Dictionary of Saints has served the public well for over two decades, but was in need of some updating. Arthur Jones has done the job nicely, adding many of those...
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A real church lady
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Ryan, Jerry
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A REAL CHURCH LADY Jerry Ryan L ast spring, I finally got to meet Elisabeth Behr-Sigel. At ninety-six, she is the undisputed "grandmother" of Western Christian Orthodoxy and one of its foremost...
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