Editorials
Lessons From Charter Schools
Do Americans think their public schools are in what Gov. George W. Bush has been calling an education recession? It depends. Which Americans and which schools?
Articles
Facing the Crisis in the Priesthood
A generation has elapsed since the close of the Second Vatican Council, and the church has underscored the council’s extraordinary ecclesial and historical significance by beatifying, this Sept.
The Church and the Homosexual Priest
The recent book by the Rev. Donald B. Cozzens, The Changing Face of the Priesthood, has brought to the fore a number of important issues facing the church in the United States.
The Shrinking Supply of Priests
American bishops discussed research describing changing parish staffing patterns at their national convocation in Milwaukee on June 15-17.
Bowling Alone, Praying Together
The jacket of Robert Putnam’s new book, Bowling Alone (2000) has an illustration on the front cover that depicts a solitary bowler.
Books and Culture
Books
Last spring I ran a seminar on the contemporary Catholic imagination in America, and at the end I asked my students to write about their own
Books
In 1976 Bruno Bettelheim caused a stir with The Uses of Enchantment, arguing that Grimms’ fairy tales could be read as Freudian fable
Books
Avery Dulles’s first article for America appeared in the issue of May 5, 1951.
Columns and Departments
The Word
Faith in Focus
Faith in Focus
Of Many Things
Letters
