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September 8, 2008

Vol. 199 / No. 6

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Books
Russell B. Connors, Jr.September 08, 2008

Charles E Curran is a highly regarded theologian whose works have been widely read and appreciated by colleagues for nearly 50 years He is also well known beyond the academy in the best sense he has been a ldquo man of the church rdquo who has not shied away from controversy when he thought t

Books
Robert P. ImbelliSeptember 08, 2008

I am always intrigued by the epigraph an author uses to set the thematic mood for his or her work Gerald O rsquo Collins is prodigal with epigraphs often providing one or two to introduce each chapter Perhaps most telling is the one with which he prefaces the last chapter of his latest book Jesu

Books
Peter HeineggSeptember 08, 2008

Older readers mdash well really old readers mdash may recall a ditty sung by the irrepressibly cheerful Dinning Sisters back in 1946 ldquo Soon the sun disappeared from view The stars came out like they always do Then I cuddled up close to you And we both fell in love on a Greyhound Bus T

Poetry
William BagleySeptember 08, 2008

The substance of God

The Word
Daniel J. HarringtonSeptember 08, 2008

Today we step aside from the usual sequence of readings for the Sundays in Ordinary Time to celebrate the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Since many Catholic institutions schools churches religious communities etc bear the name of ldquo Holy Cross rdquo the expression may be so f

Columns
Terry GolwaySeptember 08, 2008

We have reached that stage of the election cycle when travel-weary commentators direct their ire at a hardy artifact of the old millennium, the national political convention. As thousands of delegates prepare for a few days of around-the-clock socializing and caucusing, their Boswells in the politic

Current Comment
The EditorsSeptember 08, 2008

A New Blessed Couple, Record Time in Beijing