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Romantic Orthodoxy, Militant Atheism, and a Question of Style

Posted on December 27, 2010 by review_ed

In a recent article, “The New Divide: Romantic versus Classical Orthodoxy,” Modern Theology 26 (2010), the Anglican theologian John Milbank, has identified a new divide between “romantic” and “classical” orthodoxy, one which replaces the older divide between theological orthodoxy and … Continue reading →

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The Wound of Knowledge

Posted on November 4, 2010 by review_ed

Rowan Williams, The Wound of Knowledge, 2nd rev. ed., London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1990. The title of this spiritually nourishing and academically challenging book its author draws from the poetry of R.S. Thomas. The Wound of Knowledge offers us … Continue reading →

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Human Rights, Social Justice, and Theology

Posted on November 3, 2010 by review_ed

At a meeting of the International Summer School in Venice, held this September Cardinal Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice and well-known to Communio readers, addressed the meeting on the topic “The “New Rights” in the European and American Public Space: … Continue reading →

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Beauty for Truth’s Sake

Posted on September 27, 2010 by review_ed

Beauty for Truth’s Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education, Stratford Caldecott, Brazos Press, 2009. As a Secondary Religious Education and Philosophy teacher I have given some thought and study to the question of Catholic Education. Sometimes in my more leisurely … Continue reading →

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Newman Biographies

Posted on September 27, 2010 by review_ed

For those of you caught up by our Newman Day seminar on September 18 and/or the beatification ceremonies of September 19 and  asking what Newman introductions and biographies are available, here are some rambling notes; The best books on Newman … Continue reading →

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On the right tract with John Henry Newman

Posted on September 13, 2010 by review_ed

Please excuse the pathetic pun in my subject heading. I simply want to bring your attention to a booklet I am presently reading about this upcoming beatus. This tract on Newman is a pamphlet put out by the U.K. Catholic … Continue reading →

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When Marxists Defend Christians

Posted on September 13, 2010 by review_ed

Terry Eagleton is a literary theorist and cultural critic, someone who reflects on the nature of literature, what it accomplishes in individuals, reading communities, and culture, as well as how various forces (from the psychological to the political) shape it. … Continue reading →

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Newman and Fairbairn

Posted on September 1, 2010 by review_ed

This month as well readers may wish to be on the outlook for the fall 2010 edition of the Newman Studies Journal 7/2, which promises to contain an article by Adam Stewart, whom some of you will remember from his … Continue reading →

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Why go to Church?

Posted on September 1, 2010 by review_ed

I suppose that the English Dominican, Timothy Radcliffe, Master of the Order of Preachers 1992-2001, is a “liberal.” After all, as someone once pointed out to me, intending the remark to be negative: “Radcliffe’s most recent Why go to Church? … Continue reading →

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Intellectual Appetite

Posted on September 1, 2010 by review_ed

At the beginning of the “new school year” Paul Griffiths, Intellectual Appetite: A theological Grammar (Catholic University of America Press, 2009) will well repay even a quick review. As with his earlier work, it is crisply written and accessible to all. There are no footnotes, but a thoughtful reader will immediately grasp the wealth of learning that stands behind the piece. Continue reading →

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