Hell, Air-Conditioned

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Letter to the Editor: June 1996

Ultimate Jewish Mother... The Perfect Candidate... A Saving Vanguard... Hey, Guy, Here's Your Attack!... A Lutheran's View of the Mystery of Catholicism... The Hypocrisy of Homosexuals

A Plea to the Clergy from the Pews

DON'T JUST PREACH TO US ABOUT SAFE SUBJECTS!

Marian E. Crowe

Homilies that focus more on Christ, Scripture, and the distinctive aspects of Catholic belief and praxis would make Catholicism more interesting and challenging to our young people.

Moral Relativism & Psychotherapy

CHRISTIANS, BEWARE!

Philip J. Scrofani

Moral relativism is powerful in American institutions and is now being imparted to elementary school children with the same vigor as with our university students.

What If Catholics Weren't So Wimpy?

OUR CULTURE'S FEAR OF A ROBUST CATHOLICISM

James V. Schall

An accurately presented Catholicism, one that knows about science and politics, about economics and psychology, about what is beautiful and true, is most appealing.

Endo's Silence

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

Endo's disarmingly direct and poignant narration masks a complex moral discussion that many of us, perhaps, will prefer not to join.

The Sin in Masturbation

GUEST COLUMN

Paul C. Fox

Though other sexual sins may be more dramatic in their outward effects, the inner attitude that nourishes it and the inner corrosion that it causes are no less serious.

John LaFarge & Interracial Justice

George H. Dunne

He was a major 20th-century figure devoted to freeing the U.S. Catholic Church from the sin of racism and the black American from the fetters of servitude.

Briefly: June 1996

Reviews of Sexuality and Authority in the Catholic Church... Giving Birth... The Art of Praying... Encyclopedia of Catholic History... Is Christianity True?... The Scandal of the Gospels: Jesus, Story and Offense