New Oxford Notes: January-February 2012
Shameless Shepherding
Bishops in Germany have taken an embarrassingly long time to learn that: "We cannot earn money during the week with what we preach against on Sundays."
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Saints for a Secular Nation
Secularism could be said to be our national religion, with its own pantheon of "saints," including the newly "canonized" Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and perfecter of the glowing handheld idol.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
You May Also Enjoy
As most readers know, since last November we have been trying to raise $165,000 to…
A bell must be rung with human hands, and ring into something, and it depends on a landscape and a faithful body of hearers for its fulfillment.
An intelligent group like feminist theologians could manufacture six or seven attractive religious ideas in any given morning, and then invent a sacrament or two over lunch.