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 Vol. 137 Issue 017 (October 8 2010)
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••Contents••
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letters The Magdalene, the mosque & marriage BETTER IN GREEK I enjoyed Robert Kiely's very interesting and thorough overview of the historical identity of Mary Magdalene and, in particular, of...
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dotCOMMONWEAL
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dotCOMMONWEAL THE LAZARUS IN FRONT OF OUR DOORS From "Anonymous No Longer," by Joseph A. Komonchak: Early Christian writers made much of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19-31)....
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EDITORIAL Bitter Brew
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From the Editors Bitter Brew The Democratic Party is likely to receive a harsh rebuke in November's midterm elections. Republicans will probably take control of the House of Representatives, while...
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Trivial Pursuits
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Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
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COLUMNIST Margaret O'Brien Steinfels Trivial Pursuits WHERE ARE THE SERIOUS REPUBLICANS? Republicans were few—you could count them on one hand—in our Chicago neighborhood. The one on our block,...
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Return to Sand Island
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Howard, Thomas Albert
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SHORT TAKES Thomas Albert Howard Return to Sand Island DAMAGE & DISAPPOINTMENT ON THE GULF COAST For me, growing up in Alabama, the waters of the Gulf always held a certain charm. My family...
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How to Shut Up
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Unagidon
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Unagidon How to Shut Up AN OLD DEVOTION QUIETS A MODERN MIND I bought my first rosary in 1960. It was plastic and pink, and it cost a dime. Our Catholic school had mandated that all first-graders...
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"Radical, OP"
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McCarraher, Eugene
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ARTICLE Radical, OP Herbert McCabe's Revolutionary Faith Eugene McCarraher Che Guevara once wrote that the true revolutionary is guided by great feel' ings of love. For some—especially those...
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Building Wall
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Hopkins, John
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Building Wall Frost had it right, I suppose. Walls divide. But something there is that needs to build one. Maybe it's the feel of swung steel slice-gouging and pitching stubborn sod and soil until...
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The Last Exorcism Devil
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Alleva, Richard
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SCREEN Richard Alleva In the Details 'THE LAST EXORCISM' & 'DEVIL' I don't go to demonic-possession movies expecting to encounter interesting characters, but The Last Exorcism has them, and...
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God in America
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Wren, Celia
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MEDIA Celia Wren The New Jerusalem 'GOD iN AMERICA' Who knew that seventeenth-century Puritan John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts, allowed a reality-TV crew to follow him around? A...
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God Is Not One
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Appleby, R. Scott
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BOOKS R. Scott Appleby Apples & Oranges? God Is Not One The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World—and Why Their Differences Matter Stephen Prothero HarperOne, $26.99, 400 pp. Stephen...
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Footnotes in Gaza
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Braverman, Mark
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Mark Braverman Graphic Violence Footnotes in Gaza Joe Sacco Metropolitan Books, $29.95, 416 pp. The graphic novel has emerged from its expanded comic-book, detective-thriller, and pulp-fiction...
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"Saving God, Surviving Death"
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Griffiths, Paul J.
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Paul J. Qriffiths Eternal Life for Atheists Saving God Religion after Idolatry Mark Johnston Princeton University Press, $24.95, 198 pp. Surviving Death Mark Johnston Princeton University...
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The Sabbath World
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Baker, Thomas
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Thomas Baker Restless The Sabbath World Glimpses of a Different Order of Time Judith Shulevitz Random House, $26, 246 pp. Which of the Ten Commandments is, in practice, the most neglected? For...
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Dante's Commedia
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Imbelli, Robert P.
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Robert P. Imbelli The Sacred Poem Dante's Commedia Theology as Poetry Edited by Vittorio Montemaggi and Matthew Treherne University of Notre Dame Press, $40, 400 pp. Tl S. Eliot wrote that...
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Privileged Childhood
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Kaplan, Grant
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the last word Privileged Childhood Qrant Kaplan In the summer of 1983 my favorite day was Tuesday, when Fr. Stu would pick me up at my aunt's house and take me golfing and then to lunch. Fr. Stu...
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Vol. 137 Issue 018 (October 22 2010)
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