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
Christian hope never rests on political administrations or party platforms. It rests on Jesus Christ. The political fight, therefore, must be rooted in a deeper renewal.
Reviews of Doctrinal Standards in the Wesleyan Tradition... Correspondence of Flannery O'Connor and the Brainard Cheneys... Patrology, Volume IV: The Golden Age of Latin Patristic Literature... Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Exile and Return in the History of Judaism... The Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle with Modernity... Against the Protestant Gnostics... Marxism and Religion: A Description and Assessment of the Marxist Critique of Christianity... Letters of Etienne Gilson to Henri de Lubac... Letters of Marshall McLuhan... The Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe... First Steps in Prayer
Is this a problem with "homosexual priests"? Not really, concludes Fr. James Martin.