Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: January-February 2012

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

The Exalted & the Despised

Old categories of class, politics, and education have given way to a deep-down hatred for one another that traditional social sets can no longer begin to explain.

Can a Political Conservative Be a Christian?

The Christian conservative must not subsume his religion under his politics and thereby pervert a timeless Gospel into an ideological weapon.

Letter to the Editor: July-August 1999

Shaw Should Be Glad... Mindless Conformists... The Columbine Abortion... Man the Barricades!... The Common Cup: Not to Worry... The Common Cup & AIDS... Trampling on Our Lord... "Hello, Loving Person Bill"... Golf Shirts & Sugar Bread...