2011 September

A Deeper Dive
EDITORIAL
Readers praise NOR's ability to transcend the ideological categories of Left and Right, and to maintain an independent stance grounded in fidelity.
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Letter to the Editor: September 2011
The Best Yet?... Long Live the New Media... Feeling the Pain of Notre Dame... Missing the Point on Predatory Acts... Why They Remain... A Bulwark Against Irreverence?... The Military Training Ground... Theophobia... At Mass, Christ Creates Community... A Unifying Spiritual Theme... Readers' Perspectives on the Social-Justice Question... and more
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The News You May Have Missed
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Girls Will Be Boys... Neither Girls Nor Boys... Nothing Covered Up... A Mickey Mouse Dispute... Fleecing the Trusting Lambs... Goodbye, Tweetheart... Straining Credibility... Islamic Idol... Bogarting the Grid... September Is Special... and more
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New Oxford Notes: September 2011
Avoiding Guilt by Association... The Luxury of Religious Fanaticism... When Sectarian Violence Is Genocide... Unlearning Compassion in San Diego
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The Hidden Heroism of Witold Urbanowicz
This Polish family lived in such an unpretentious way that no one ever suspected they had lived such remarkable lives.
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Natural Family Planning & the New Evangelization
The right kind of NFP course offers a splendid opportunity both for a new Christ-centered evangelization and for teaching the "what" and the "why" of NFP.
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Dialogue Without Compromise, Without Fear
Enforced silence is not the same as acceptance. Silence often breeds contempt; contempt, then, breeds anger; and anger can breed violence.
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Melinda Selmys Replies
Respectful dialogue can't just tell the truth; it has to tell the truth in charity. This is a principle most everyone is familiar with but hardly implements effectively.
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The Two Worlds of John Henry Newman
Newman rejects the notion that the "other" world does not exist at this present moment, but begins after death: "No: it exists now, though we see it not."
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From the Thames to the Tiber
Many eminent converts flocked to the Church precisely because she is an authoritative, unswerving guide on morality.
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Travelogue of the Weird & Out of the Way
The authors evenhandedly approach an array of famous mysteries, sticking up for the plausible when possible, never hesitating to call out bunk when they see it.
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Briefly: September 2011
Review of The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism
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