
New Oxford Notes: April 2012

The Future of Marriage in America
Perhaps the Church in America could take a lesson from Mexico, where the government does not recognize ecclesiastical marriages and Catholics must get married .
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Occasions of Truth
Sustained national discussion of taboo topics like contraception and Planned Parenthood have yielded valuable 'teaching moments' and surprisingly countercultural essays in some mainstream venues.
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Refreshing History
Review of The Founding of Christendom by Warren H. Carrol
The Sixth Last Word
At death will our thoughts be aimed at how to defeat it or how to make the experience an extension of the redemptive work of the Cross?
Return of an Imaginary Menace
Dire warnings of the impending overthrow of American institutions by Christian theocrats -- remember the term 'American Taliban'? -- never came close to coming to pass.