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December 24, 2001

Vol. 185 / No. 21

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Faith in Focus
Jerry RyanDecember 24, 2001

During the first few years I spent in the choir of St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, I wrestled mightily with the intricacies of Byzantine chant. When I had a couple of other basses surrounding me I could follow along all right, but when I had to hold up the part on my own it was usually a disaster.

Books
Robert F. DrinanDecember 24, 2001

The thesis of this book written by a professor of political science at Colgate University is that modern democracy needs God The author who identifies himself as a practicing Catholic asserts that Christianity is weakened by its close alliance with the contemporary version of democracy and huma

Books
James S. Torrens, S.J.December 24, 2001

John Simon known for the pungency of his drama and film critiques in New York magazine and elsewhere here delivers himself on writers touched by the spirit of poetrydreamers of dreams in the words of the prophet Joel The principal essays in this collection have appeared from 1991 onwards in Th

Books
Allan Figueroa DeckDecember 24, 2001

Reviewing Francisco Jim nez rsquo autobiographical treatment of his early years through high school was a movingeven spiritualexperience for me I say spiritual because the situations he relates reminded me of people and events in my own life that have shaped me at the deepest levels of my being

Film
Richard A. BlakeDecember 24, 2001

Frantically searching for ways to postpone sitting down at the keyboard and trying to find something relatively new to say about the most over-analyzed film and social phenomenon of the year, I idly called up my favorite search engine and typed in harrypotter. The monitor blinked once and then came

Poetry
Mark JarmanDecember 24, 2001

The kingdom of God is within you. –Luke 17:21

 

The kingdom is inside somewhere all right.

Faith The Word
John R. DonahueDecember 24, 2001

The Holy Family could well be called the Refugee Family.