Personal portraits. Andreas Widmer. Introduction: 'A thing not a theory,' / Robert Royal -- Fundamental things. 'Importance of vocation' / Ralph McInerny -- 'Man like no other' / Anthony Esolen -- 'Grounds of civilization' / James V. Schall -- 'Two mistakes on the human in nature / Hadley Arkes -- 'Book of life' / Robert Royal -- 'One God: no more, no less' / Michael Baruzzini -- 'Understanding first philosophy' / Francis Beckwith -- 'End of the science/religion war' / John O'Callaghan -- 'First freedom and the first right' / Austin Ruse -- 'Catholic principle' / Robert Royal -- Catholica. 'Preparing to pray' / Michael Novak -- 'Saints, columns of light' / Fr. John Jay Hughes -- 'Faith's greatest threat' / William E. Carroll -- 'Guadalupe, a reset' / Brad Miner -- 'Lourdes, a simple theory' / Brad Miner -- 'On foot to Santiago' / Matthew Hanley -- 'Mythical thinking' / Bevil Bramwell -- 'Lost in translation' / Anthony Esolen -- 'Can we stop telling God what to do?' / Randall Smith -- 'Eucharist and cannibalism' / Michael P. Foley -- 'More doctrine, please' / Todd Hartch -- 'Advent resolutions' / David Warren -- 'Mrs. Christ, teacher of theology' / David Bonagura -- 'Amateur night' / Fr. Bevil Bramwell -- 'Lent, monkey mind, and e-asceticism' / Randall Smith -- 'Catholic social teaching - without fear' / Joseph Wood -- 'Golden age cometh' / Fr. C.J. McCloskey -- Controversies. 'Is Obama worth a Mass?' / Ralph McInerny -- 'Politicians, old buildings, and whores' / Austin Ruse -- 'Scandal time' / Robert Royal / 'John Jay report' / Brad Miner -- 'Different priestly scandal' / Michael Novak -- 'Tim Russert II: every man his own church' / Hadley Arkes -- 'Catholic charities: a two-fold challenge' / Matthew Hanley -- 'Economic crisis: we're all responsible' / Sean Fieler -- 'Witness of Pius XII' / George J. Marlin -- 'Justice and charity' / Roberto de Mattei -- 'Excommunicate Pelosi' / Brad Miner -- 'Seamless garment, revisited' / Peter Brown -- 'Catholic identity' / John W. Carlson -- 'Pornography and marriage' / Patrick Fagan -- 'AIDS and risk-reduction' / Matthew Hanley -- 'Beyond the dictatorship of relativism' / Robert Royal -- 'With backs unbowed' / Fr. Philip de Vous -- 'Bioethics gang' / Hadley Arkes -- 'Six things the bishops must do' / Michael Uhlmann -- Church and culture. 'Gray's anatomy' / Robert Royal -- 'Dark knight of the soul' / Richard Doerflinger -- 'Empty cradle, empty gallery' / Mary Eberstadt -- Cormac McCarthy's The Road' / Joan Frawley Desmond -- 'Teachers as witnesses' / Aaron Urbanczyk -- Are Catholics Creationists?' / George Sim Johnston -- 'Two, three, many Charlotte Simonses' / Mary Eberstadt -- 'Sin - and pet lions' / Brad Miner -- 'Of doubtful humility' / Robert Royal -- 'Defense of organized religion' / Howard Kainz -- 'Nation with the soul of a church' / John B. Kienker -- 'Power of the Third Commandment' / Patrick Fagan -- 'Mother of the unborn' / Greg Pfundstein -- 'Callus on the soul' / Anthon Esolen -- 'Why Catholics are right' / Michael Coren -- 'Les Miserables as Via Crucis' / Karen Goodwin -- 'Should Catholics have to pay for anti-Catholic bigotry?' / Fr. Val J. Peter -- 'French debate on gay 'marriage' / Jean Duchesne -- 'Life of B.' / Robert Royal -- 'Oracular politics' / David Warren -- 'Steve Jobs and the New Evangelization' / Fr. C. John McCloskey -- 'Limits of subsidiarity' / Peter Brown -- 'Shell game in modern culture' / Bevil Bramwell -- 'Sound of faith' / Robert Reilly -- 'Real news about stem cells' / Damiano Rondelli -- 'Obama proposes a toast' / William Saunders -- 'Divine child' / Anthony Esolen -- 'How civilizations die' / Matthew Hanley -- Conversions and conversations. 'Third person singular' / Brad Miner -- 'Finalmente: coming into the Church' / Hadley Arkes -- 'Outreach to the homeless' / Charlotte Hays -- 'Then I confessed, I can do no other' / Francis Beckwith -- 'Banquet of truth' / Todd Hartch -- 'Come, let us reason together' / Emina Melonic -- 'Dialogue between Christ and a Muslim' / Robert Reilly -- 'In the beginning...' / William E. Carroll -- 'When prides masquerades as humility' / Tom Bethell -- 'Problem of good' / Howard Kainz -- 'Ancient letter' / Joseph Wood -- 'Bold, Benedetto, and Bello!' / Robert Royal -- Personal portraits. 'JFK: charm of character?' / George J. Marlin -- 'Remembering Fulton J. Sheen' / George J. Marlin -- 'Our brother, Paul' / Peter Brown -- Rediscovering St. Mugg' / Daniel Mahoney -- 'Singular, ordinary man' / Robert Royal -- 'Nino: a memoir' / Hadley Arkes -- 'Karol Wojtyla, Bishop' / Bevil Bramwell -- 'When life becomes intolerable' / Damiano Rondelli -- 'William F. Buckley against the world' / Jeremy Lott -- 'Marie Dolan, guerrilla Catholic' / Kristina Johannes -- 'Fathers and sons' / Brad Miner -- 'Importance of vocation' / Andreas Widmer.
Summary:
"The Catholic 'thing' - the concrete historical reality of Catholicism as a presence in human history - is the richest cultural tradition in the world. It values both faith and reason, and therefore has a great deal to say about politics and economics, war and peace, manners and morals, children and families, careers and vocations, and many other perennial and contemporary question. In addition, it has inspired some of the greatest art, music, and architecture, while offering unparalleled human solidarity to tens of millions through hospitals, soup kitchens, schools, university, and relief services. This volume brings together some of the very best commentary on a wide range of recent events and controversies by some of the very best Catholic writers in the English language: Ralph McInerny, Michael Novak, Fr. James V. Schall, Hadley Arkes, Robert Royal, Anthony Esolen, Brad Miner, George Marlin, David Warren, Austin Ruse, Francis Beckwith, and many others." -- Back cover.
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