

A Space for Inquiry: Catholic universities and the search for meaning
Catholic universities and the search for meaning
An Unusual Partnership: Islamic scholars at Jesuit universities
Islamic scholars at Jesuit universities
Steps Toward Justice: What is the purpose of charitable works?
What is the purpose of charitable works?
The Faith of a Child: An increasingly popular approach to teaching young people the faith
An increasingly popular approach to teaching young people the faith
Learning Alone: Solitude and undergraduate education
Solitude and undergraduate education
The Florida Debate
The controversy over teaching evolution spread to Florida in late 2007 as a committee of 61 people—nearly all scientists and science educators—labored over new standards for science instruction in the state’s K-12 public schools. The climax was reached on Feb. 19, 2008, when the St
Christians Who Can Breathe and Laugh: The life and work of Jean-Jacques Olier
The life and work of Jean-Jacques Olier
Teaching Evolution: A Catholic scientist frames a national debate.
A Christian scientist frames a national debate.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Dorothy Day and America
Letters
Letters
National Treasures I was delighted to read Bryan Linden-berger’s account of the restoration of Our Lady of Purification church in Doña Ana, N.M., in “A Church Reborn” (8/25). I grew up in nearby Las Cruces, N.M. Our historic churches are truly a national treasure, and many h
Books
Away From the Pulpit, Into the Pews
James O'Toole's 'The Faithful,' reviewed
Seeing With New Eyes
Like many of my contemporaries I eagerly read The Divine Milieu in the early 1960s as soon as it was translated into English I recall being inspired by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin rsquo s bold and sweeping vision It was the first time I had ever been exposed to such a radical and optimistic Chris
Two Billion Strong
Martin Marty rsquo s new book appears in a series called ldquo Modern Library Chronicles rdquo which includes similarly concise volumes on such complex subjects as the Renaissance Shakespeare and the Catholic Church by authors as redoubtable as Paul Johnson Frank Kermode and Hans K uuml ng Tr
Poetry
She
After my late aunt got her third new hip,
The Word
Both Just and Merciful
The two great attributes of God in the Bible are justice and mercy Today rsquo s responsorial psalm reminds us that ldquo the Lord is just in all his ways rdquo But we also hear that ldquo the Lord is gracious and merciful rdquo and the reading from Isaiah 55 urges us to ldquo turn…
Columns
Back to the Future: ‘Why issue a new Defense Strategy with only months to go?’
A surprising new foreign policy from the Bush administration
Current Comment
Current Comment
Young Politicians, Risky Business, The U.N.'s Agenda
News
Signs of the Times
Houma-Thibodaux Diocese Severely Hit by Storm Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans reported on Sept. 2 that of Louisiana’s seven Catholic dioceses, the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux was battered the hardest by Hurricane Gustav. Hughes, who rode out the storm at the St. Louis Cathedral recto






