Letter to the Editor: May 2012

Revisiting Versailles... Vatican II Fault Lines... Abortion, Ethics & Double-Effect... The Burr in the Blanket... Farewell to the Reaper

The News You May Have Missed

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"Oh God," Says the Atheist... Ashes to Go... Spring Break's Last Resort... Facebook'em, Danno... An Actual Wake... Epic Unions... Pulling the Wool Over Our Eyes... That's Why It's Called Dope

New Oxford Notes: May 2012

Cornered by the Market... Ivy League Culture Wars

Finding the Truth in a Narrative of Lies

WHERE THE CONTRACEPTIVE IMPERATIVE TRUMPS ALL

Kenneth D. Whitehead

Catholic bishops have been depicted as wishing to push women back into the supposed servitude of the Dark Ages.

The Catholic Connection

DISPATCH FROM THE FRONT

Frederick W. Marks

If interreligious connectedness is not recognized and cherished at a time when religion itself is imperiled, we are in a bad way.

The Problem of Pleasure

THE ABOLITION OF PAIN

Alice von Hildebrand

Pleasure is a gift that can easily become our enemy. How wise Plato was in warning of the dangers linked to luxury and pleasure.

What Is the Anglican Patrimony?

UNDERSTANDING A GOODLY HERITAGE

Martha C. Eischen

When one walks into an Anglican church, especially one in which traditional worship is practiced, one gets a distinct feeling of the presence of the Lord.

Off the Beaten Path

GUEST COLUMN

Ray Cavanaugh

Kerouac was “not ashamed to wear the crucifix of my Lord... I believe in beatitude and that God so loved the world that he gave his own begotten son to it.”

Breaking the Silence Barrier

Eric Brende

That we are out of harmony with nature is a circumstance that arises not merely from noise per se, but from the instruments that make that noise.

In the Beginning Was "Power"?

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Anne Barbeau Gardiner takes on an author who has "made a career of treating the Bible sacrilegiously" and sees power, not Logos, as the ultimate reality.

Briefly: May 2012

Kosher Jesus... The Sin-Eater: A Breviary