November 2009
America’s Most Influential Journal of Religion and Public Life
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A Charitable Endeavor
To understand Catholic charities in the United States today, we need to remember two simple facts. First,…
Gambling with Lives
The fifty-something lab technician swabbing my arm before a routine test this past May nodded toward the…
Karen Novak, 1938–2009
I almost emailed Karen today. It’s just part of how we live now, that electronic tic. There…
Reading the Qur’an Through the Bible
In the West the Qur’an has long been understood as the work of Muhammad, a religious reformer…
Sacred Music, Sacred Time
What is sacred music? If we simply mean music that assists liturgy or prayer, the category includes…
God’s First Love: The Theology of Michael Wyschogrod
Paradox attends the influence of Michael Wyschogrod, perhaps the most original Jewish theologian of the past half…
Irving Kristol, 1920–2009
The two most enjoyable activities of mankind are gossip and metaphysics”the sparkles on the shallows of conversation…
Simon Schama Whigs Out
The American Future: A History by Simon Schama Ecco, 400 pages, $29.99 It’s not easy for an…
Iconic Vision
Encounters with God: In Quest of Ancient Icons of Mary by Sr. Wendy Beckett Orbis Books, 132…
Saint Rolston
Saving Creation: Nature and Faith in the Life of Holmes Rolston III by Christopher J. Preston Trinity,…
The Quest for the Confessional Jesus
The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus by Dale C. Allison Jr. Eerdmans, 126 pages, $16 Christians…
Heavy Water
Heavy water, holy water, we are weighed on By your waterweight, you proton- Poisoned fission vintage we…
Alzheimer’s Blues
Living with dementia is like riding on a carousel. I said dementia is like a big old…
No Man’s Island
for JFK Jr. A strip of violet quivers in the haze— a near-mirage above the furrowed grays…
Henry Howard
He raised hell and broke windows, and even worse” A rash, unruly, haughty aristocrat. If so, so…
