Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Air on the Side of Prudence
I think that I am suffering From post-neurotic stress disorder A random thought? an ordered world? or…
And His Name Shall Be Called Emmanuel
The One Who Is to Come by Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. Eerdmans, 224 pages, $18 Joseph Fitzmyer…
The Death of Protestant America
In 1994, after intense study, discussion, and prayer, we issued a statement titled “Evangelicals and Catholics Together:…
September Letters
The ABCs of AIDS The First Things article “AIDS and the Churches” underscores a sad reality in…
Saint-Séverin, II
With Notre-Dame, the Sacré-Coeur, and all the rest, obscure or famous”Trinity, Saint-Julian-the-Poor, Saint-Roch, Saint-Paul” it’s just another…
Ad Orientem
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by judith herrin princeton university press, 440 pages, $29.95…
Backyard Triumph
Truant from April chores I daydream in a chair beneath a tree that scatters its petals when…
June/July Letters
Wrights and WrongsI know the comments in the April 2008 issue weren’t a review of my recent…
Animal Psalms
The Skunk (Psalm 23) I am anointed too, brushed with his broad mark. He leads me safely…
Scandal and Canon Law
Before Dallas: The U.S. Bishops’ Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse of Children by Nicholas P. Cafardi Paulist,…
May Letters
Saving Some MoreUnlike the rest of us mortals, the always indispensable Avery Cardinal Dulles grows more indispensable…
Safekeeping
Each thing has its tangent Angel or ghost to keep it From the overwhelming host
The Sixties, Again and Again
Campaigning for the French presidency last year, Nicolas Sarkozy ran hard against what Europeans still refer to…
Now
There is never an end to loss, or hope I give up the ghost for which I…
Manifesting Destiny
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815“1848 by Daniel Walker Howe Oxford University Press, 928…
