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October 1, 2007

Vol. 197 / No. 9

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Arts & Culture Books
John A. ColemanOctober 01, 2007

This book is sure to garner much attention from professional sociologists of religion and probably historians of the Second Vatican Council as well In fact a blue-ribbon panel already responded and critiqued Melissa Wilde rsquo s volume at the annual meeting of the Association for the Sociology

Arts & Culture Books
Tom DeignanOctober 01, 2007

Late in Joseph O 8217 Connor 8217 s sprawling dazzling new novel Redemption Falls an elderly Columbia University professor watches a procession of aged Civil War veterans march down New York 8217 s Fifth Avenue seven decades after the War Between the States For all the rich history gathered d

Arts & Culture Books
Carol NackenoffOctober 01, 2007

With books and documentary films on environmental degradation appearing at a fast pace what particular niche does Taking Action Saving Lives designed to reach a broad audience fill Shrader-Frechette O 8217 Neill Family Professor of Philosophy and professor of biological sciences at the Univer

Arts & Culture Books
Denise Lardner CarmodyOctober 01, 2007

The aim of this book is to rephrase Christian doctrine in nonstandard ways with the hope that these variants will either hit the target or if wayward illuminate how traditional language really works and why it is most appropriate The author is George Dennis OBrien emeritus president of the Univ

Arts & Culture Books
Michael V. TuethOctober 01, 2007

A media professor at Marquette University Claire Hoertz Badaracco has already provided a valuable study of the interaction of media and religion in the collection of essays she edited in 2005 Quoting God How Media Shape Ideas About Religion and Culture She now adds the medical profession to the

The Word
Daniel J. HarringtonOctober 01, 2007

Perhaps the most obvious component of Christian spirituality is faith In general the virtue of faith refers to considering something to be true and therefore worthy of trust In the Christian tradition faith is a theological virtue because it has its origin and object in God We believe and trust

Columns
John F. KavanaughOctober 01, 2007

My days with Mother Teresa