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Lett ers Walker Percy’s postmodern faith; the politics of abortion Christianity after Christendom I was happy to see Andrew J. Bacevich refer to Walker Percy in his response to Robert P....
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From the Editors Simplifying Scandal In July, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny delivered a stinging indictment of the Vatican’s handling of the sexual-abuse scandal in his country. Referring to...
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Cathleeen Kaveny More than a Refuge why immigration officials should steer clear of churches Is it morally acceptable for agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—or local...
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Fr. Nonomen Missal Defense learning to Live with change This year, thanks to the adoption of the new translation of the Roman Missal, the First Sunday of Advent is looming like a date with a...
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Charles R. Camosy Singer’s New Song the evolution of a philosopher Peter Singer is one of the world’s most influential living philosophers, but he’s also philosophy’s most...
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The Diplomat The Tragic Silence of Pius XII Eamon Duffy The papacy is an institution that matters, whether or not one is a religious believer. The succession of the popes, all 262 of them, is...
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An Economy of Care It Starts with Food John Schwenkler & David Cloutier What does it really mean to care about what one eats? Many Americans are obsessed with their diets, but not...
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Richard Alleva Left Behind ‘higher ground’ If, like myself, you are both a Catholic and a cultural snob and find it all too easy to sneer at Protestant fundamentalist sects that seem awash in...
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Robert K. Landers Patriots & Vandals In the curious spectacle of avowed conservatives drawing inspiration from an eighteenth-century mob’s illegal destruction of valuable commercial property,...
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Christian Smith Eurocentrist Is modernity inherently secularizing? Do certain basic features of modern life implacably diminish the plausibility and power of religion? To many in the Catholic...
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Brian Davies ‘Shew’ & Tell The anchoress Julian of Norwich (c.1342–after 1416) is the earliest known woman writer in English. She claimed to have received a series of “shewings,” or...
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Dropped Call Christopher M. Duncan The pintsized batter took an awkward swing with his aluminum bat, barely striking the ball with a faint clinking sound. His slow roller left the batter’s box,...
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Vol. 138 Issue 019 (November 4 2011)
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