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Home: Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Buckley, père et fils - Father Raymond J. de SouzaChristopher Buckley’s recent memoir admits that it is difficult to be the son of a great man. It is more difficult still if you are not a good son. Read more... C. S. Lewis: The Reluctant Convert - Frederica Mathewes-GreenIn later life, C. S. Lewis — "Jack" to friends and family — would say that it all began with a toy garden. Read more... C.S. Lewis Letters to Sheldon Vanauken - C.S. LewisThese letters by C. S. Lewis were written to Sheldon Vanauken, who ultimately wrote the best-selling book A Severe Mercy. Mr. Vanauken asked Lewis for the right to use the letters in his booklet "Encounter with Light," and Lewis gave permission. Mr. Vanauken subsequently put the letters in the public domain. Read more... Calamities of art - Roger KimballLet your imagination run riot: whatever grotesquerie you conjure up — from the numbingly banal and commonplace to the repulsively pathological — rest assured that it has been eagerly proffered and just as eagerly embraced as art. And if by some fluke you named something that has not yet done duty as art — no matter: it is merely an oversight and will be corrected within a season or two. Read more... Called in Love - Michael NovakOne of the most influential American Catholics, Michael Novak, looks back at the past half century. Read more... Calvinist America and the Catholic Contribution to Culture - DONALD DEMARCOThe most powerful, the most imaginative, the most startling, and the most unforgettable refutation of Calvinism in America is found in Herman Melville's classic, Moby-Dick. Read more... Can Romance Novels Hurt Your Heart? - Russell D. MoorePornography and romance novels aren’t (or at least aren’t always) morally equivalent, but they “work” the same way. Read more... Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies - Stefan McDaniel"Like any other life-sustaining resource," says Marilyn Chandler McEntyre, "language can be depleted, polluted, contaminated, eroded, and filled with artificial stimulants." Today more than ever, language needs to be rescued and restored. Read more... Catholic Authors and Liberty of Conscience: 1649-1771 - ANNE BARBEAU GARDINERConsidering all the dangers and obstacles they faced in those days, it is astonishing to see how many books our Catholic authors managed to print. Read more... Catholic Poem in Time of War: The Lord of the Rings - Ken CravenIn The Lord of the Rings, I believe Tolkien does exactly what he said he was doing, communicating a religious, Catholic vision through a Secondary World. Read more... Chesterton's Long-Lost Novel Found - Paul BurnellForget Shakespeare In Love … here’s G.K. Chesterton in love. A previously unpublished novel by the celebrated Catholic convert from England has been unearthed and was due to be released in the United Kingdom this month. Read more... Children's Literature for Christmas - WYETH O. BURGESSWith enjoyment as well as instruction in mind, Wyeth O. Burgess offers the following suggestions, for young readers from about age four to early teens. Read more... Chopin's 'Soul and Heart' - Byron JanisMarch 1 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great composer and pianist Frédéric François Chopin. Read more... Christ Figures in the Movies - Barbara NicolosiThere has been a lot of press recently about the upcoming movie "The Passion", from director Mel Gibson. Focusing on the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life, the film is already inspiring a spate of commentary on the canon of Jesus movies. Smugly devoted to Franco Zeffirelli’s "Jesus of Nazareth", I’ll watch Gibson’s production with folded visual arms. Read more... Christians in Hollywood – It's Not About the Shows - Stan WilliamsChristians continue to make headway as cultural influencers in Hollywood and consequently the world. That's true because more Hollywood executives are recognizing that morally true and uplifting television shows and motion pictures consistently rise to the top of the revenue pile. Read more... Christopher Nolan’s Achievement: The Dark Knight - Thomas HibbsWith the record-setting release of The Dark Knight, his sequel to Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan, whose previous films include Memento, Insomnia, and The Prestige, stakes his claim to be our most inventive and most philosophical filmmaker. Read more... Columba's Psalter (a poem) - Dan DoyleAccording to Irish tradition, Colmcille, or Columba, a monk and abbot, became obsessed by a desire to possess a particular psalter owned by a local king. Read more... Come Inside - Evelyn WaughI was born in England in 1903 with a strong hereditary predisposition toward the Established Church. My family tree burgeons on every twig with Anglican clergymen. Read more... Coming Awake in Love - Heather KingA Discussion on the Struggle for Holiness and the Writing of Shirt of Flame: My Year with St. Therese of Lisieux. Read more... Common Sense Apostle & Cigar Smoking Mystic - Dale AhlquistThere comes a time in the life of any artist, any writer or poet, when he reaches the end of his abilities, when he finds himself wrestling all night with an angel. It is the moment when he tries to think the thought which thought cannot think, to visualize the invisible and describe the indescribable. Read more... Cornwell's Cheap Shot at Pius XII - PETER GUMPELIt is impossible within a short space to take issue with all the mistakes made by John Cornwell in his new book, Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII. Read more... Daniel Dafoe: A Paradoxical Genius - PHILIP ZALESKIThe best physical description of Daniel Defoe comes to us, fittingly, from a wanted poster. Read more... Dark side of the soul - Rev. Raymond J. de SouzaWith the release of The Revenge of the Sith (Episode III), George Lucas delivered the final episode in the most commercially successful cinema series ever. The films are notable for dazzling special effects, clunky dialogue and only occasional lapses into good acting. Why then their popularity? I suspect it's because they tell, in a thoroughly contemporary way, the most ancient stories about the human condition. Read more... De-Fanging C.S. Lewis: Will New Narnia Books Lose the Religion? - Joe WoodwardMore than half a century after the original series was published, HarperCollins Publishers has announced its plans to create a new series of Narnia children’s novels and picture books, using a stable of established children’s fantasy writers. The publisher seems eager to give the kids what they want, but not necessarily their parents. Read more... De-ritualization - Thomas Day“The book that had to be written, and has to be read.” - America “A book certain to elicit both furious denunciation and standing ovations.” – The Christian Century Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Fri Feb 10 2012 - 01:37:11
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