Roman Catholic Church
Blame it on the Reformation
The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized SocietyBy Brad S. Gregory (Harvard University Press, 574 pp., $39.95) I. THERE ARE ONLY so many ways of telling a story. Scan world literature and you discover a surprisingly small stock of narrative styles; narrow your search to historical writing and you find only a handful. READ MORE >>
The Border Crossers
From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933–1965 By John Connelly (Harvard University Press, 376 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
Savagery
The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain By Paul Preston (W.W. Norton, 700 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
Saul Alinsky Wasn’t Who Newt Gingrich Thinks He Was
Why Are American Politicians Always Switching Religions?
Gone South
Pope, Repent!
WASHINGTON -- How in the name of God can the Roman Catholic Church put the pedophilia scandal behind it? I do not invoke God's name lightly. The church's problem is, above all, theological and religious. Its core difficulty is that rather than drawing on its Christian resources, the church has acted almost entirely on the basis of this world's imperatives and standards. READ MORE >>
CORRESPONDENCE: Defending 'The Evolution of God'
Robert Wright responds: READ MORE >>
American Catholicism
Monday, October 9 Dear Damon, READ MORE >>
Without a Doubt
CATHOLIC MATTERS: CONFUSION, CONTROVERSY, AND THE SPLENDOR OF TRUTH By Richard John Neuhaus (Basic Books, 272 pp., $25) READ MORE >>
