If Seamus Heaney digs with his pen Erskine Clarke casts his like an expert fly fisherman In this book By The Rivers of Water chapters end with sharp forebodings of what lurks around the next bend Clarke reels us through the lives of Leighton and Jane Wilson a married missionary couple who leav

A collection of essays by Ignacio Ellacuria

When the Egyptian military seized power in June American pundits instantly rushed to preach about democracy This took some hubris considering that two recent American elections mdash 2000 and 2004 mdash are still considered by many to be of questionable legality and that redistricting is rapidly

When the murderers of Archbishop Thomas Becket sliced off the top of his head and scattered his brains on the pavement stones of Canterbury Cathedral they could hardly have imagined the fascination their victim's life would attract for centuries to come.

A college president who is not already a wee bit nuts might easily become so when exposed to the competitive dysfunctionality and rampant absurdity that pass for normal behavior in the academy But while curious characters abound no university leader is quite so unhinged as M R Neukirchen the im

Considerable debate is taking place throughout the Catholic world over whether and how church practices teachings and organizational infrastructure should change in response to new social norms and needs As reported recently in The National Catholic Reporter the Vatican has asked bishops across t