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Home: Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGEArticles: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... Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio - Mitchell KalpakgianHow does a wooden puppet become a real boy? How does one tame a wild boy full of spirit? When does a boy become a man? 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... Cause for Mirth: The Return of Abbey Brewing to the United States - R. Jared StaudtBeer is another one of those testimonies to how the Catholic Church built European civilization. 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 A previously unpublished novel by the celebrated Catholic convert from England has been unearthed and was due to be released in the United Kingdom this month.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... Deadly Satire, Saving Grace: The Faith & Work of Evelyn Waugh - James E. Person, Jr.The writer of some of the most deadly satire of his age, he crafted some of Western literature's premiere novels exploring the mysteries of faith and the truth of Christianity. Read more... Desires Run Not Before Honor - Anthony EsolenFor Shakespeare, chastity is as near to an absolute value as it is possible for a virtue to be. But the acid test is not so much his exaltation of chaste young women and faithful wives, as his surprising admiration for male chastity, and the severity with which he treats sins against it. Read more... Did William Shakespeare Die a Papist? - Jennifer RocheIn the ongoing enterprise to reveal the mysterious person behind the prized poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), some scholars are focusing on his religious upbringing and beliefs. Read more... Different beliefs not to be feared - HERMAN GOODDENOur society has become reflexively and stridently phobic whenever religion turns up anywhere outside the carefully controlled confines of church services. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Mon Jun 17 2013 - 21:54:49
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