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Home: Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Long Conversion of Oscar Wilde - Andrew McCrackenOscar Wilde is widely celebrated as an artist persecuted for his homosexuality, a sort of protomartyr for the cause of gay rights. The current celebration of Wilde as gay martyr is certainly one legitimate interpretation of his life, but it oversimplifies his complexity; indeed, it ignores the major movement of his life, a life that may also be seen as a long and difficult conversion to the Roman Catholic Church. Read more... The Making of The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Terry MattinglyThere are no scenes of spinning heads, projectile pea-soup vomiting, or levitating beds in The Exorcism of Emily Rose (opening September 9), starring Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Carpenter, and Campbell Scott. Read more... The Medieval Pilgrimage Shrines - Michael RoseThe churches of the Romanesque era were the fruits of a thoroughly Catholic culture. Not only did they serve as places of worship and devotion, but also as centers of the community. Read more... The Missing Madonna - Calvin TomkinsThe story behind the Met’s most expensive acquisition. Read more... The Moral Imagination - Russell KirkThe moral imagination is an enduring source of inspiration that elevates us to first principles as it guides us upwards towards virtue and wisdom and redemption. Read more... The moral power of music - Rev. Basil Nortz, O.R.C.Some Greek thinkers and past civilizations in general have held that good music disposes man to virtue whereas bad music disposes man to vice. Read more... The Mortal Foe of My Children: Where Is It All leading? - Michael D. O'BrienAbout forty years ago there began a culture-shift that steadily gathered momentum, a massive influx of children's literature that appeared good on the surface but was fundamentally disordered became the new majority. Read more... The Mystery of the Passion of Charles Peguy - Robert RoyalWhen a true genius is born, nothing in the family or its circumstances allows us to predict the new arrival. Read more... The Nativity Story - Frederica Mathewes-GreenThe curiosity of the Christmas season has got to be The Nativity Story, a film which presents the story of the Virgin Mary, her betrothal to Joseph, and the birth of Jesus Christ with an utterly straight face. If you thought Hollywood was incapable of approaching Christians without a cattle prod, you’ll be shocked at how circumspect this movie is. Read more... The New Gnostic Gospel - Steve KellmeyerHollywood’s dabbling in religion again, and this time, they ain’t ringing The Bells of Saint Mary’s. In the box office hit The Matrix, they’re preaching that old-time religion . . . and we do mean old. The sets and costumes have changed, but the plot, characters and themes are all the same, borrowed from the first century A.D. Gnosticism, that ancient heresy, has come back — to a theater near you! Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 26-Feb-2011 - 11:00:17
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