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Home: Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Doing Shakespeare proud - Father Raymond J. de SouzaGood news about good English: Catholics at Mass last Sunday heard new prayers, a fresh English translation of the Latin texts. Read more... Don Justo's Self Built Cathedral - Citynoise.orgJusto Gallego Martínez is building his very own Cathedral in Mejorada del Campo near Madrid, Spain. Read more... Dorothy Sayers - Carl OlsonIn an age of skepticism, cynicism, and false “freedoms,” Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) was a passionate and occasionally scathing voice of reason. Like her friends C.S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot, and Charles Williams, Sayers was a brilliant Christian thinker, an Anglo-Catholic who took doctrine seriously and bristled at the growth of “fads, schisms, heresies, and anti-Christ” within the Church of England. Read more... Dumbledore has been diminished - Barbara KayHarry Potter series author J.K. Rowling has caused a sensation by revealing that the beloved headmaster of Hogwarts and Harry Potter’s mentor, protector and sometimes surrogate father, Albus Dumbledore, is gay. Read more... Earth - Frederica Mathewes-GreenEarth, the first release from the Disneynature films, lives up to its publicity; this film is 85 minutes of jaw-droppingly beautiful clouds, waterfalls, icebergs, and savannahs; of graceful animals, scary animals, funny animals, and excruciatingly cute baby animals. Read more... Eclipse: A Painting by Carl Schmitt - Carl Schmitt, Jr.At first, it strikes viewers with its richness of color, with the light, the mysterious subject. Read more... Ecstasy and Solitude - Stephen HoughAs a teenager, Liszt possessed a desire to enter the priesthood. In fact, in each "of the phases of Liszt's life, a definite pattern of withdrawal, search "for God, and reflection upon personal vocation can be seen. Read more... Edith Sitwell: Modernity and Tradition - Joseph PearceEdith Sitwell was a shock-trooper of the poetic avant garde, a champion of modernity who revelled in the use of shock tactics to push the boundaries of poetry, angering traditionalists in the process. Read more... Eliot and the Follies of the Time - Russell KirkNo civilization rests forever content with literary boredom and literary violence. Once again, a conscience may speak to a conscience in the pages of books, and the parched rising generation – like bushmen at the back of beyond – may grope their way toward the springs of moral imagination. Read more... Endo's Borrowed Faith - JOAN FRAWLEY DESMONDThe tension between art and faith in the work of a novelist who happens to be a Catholic is nothing new. Read more... Evelyn Waugh: Ultramodern to Ultramontane - Joseph PearceEvelyn Waugh’s conversion to the Catholic faith in 1930 was greeted with astonishment by the literary world and caused a sensation in the media. Read more... Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Catholic Writer in the Modern World - GREGORY WOLFEIt is not possible within the scope of this presentation to give an historical account of the origins of the Catholic Intellectual Renaissance and its influence on modern thought. Read more... Example and Empathy - William Kilpatrick, Gregory Wolfe, and Suzanne M. WolfeHow do stories help to encourage character? Read more... Fahrenheit 9/11 - James BowmanAs a skeptic about the war in Iraq — and one with a son quite likely to be sent there — I was most disappointed with the quality of the polemic in Fahrenheit 9/11. Read more... Fairy Tales and Holy Week - Daniel McInernyI believe fairy tales, or many of them at any rate, fall into the category of stories that depict golden ages, and thus are dreams of Eden – as well as of that greater Paradise of which Eden itself is but a dream. Read more... Faith and Failure in Graham Greene - Edward ShortThis was the paradox that Graham Greene carried within himself: He professed the reality of the Faith but chose not to practice it. Read more... Faith and Fantasy - Steven GreydanusThe Lord of the Rings film trilogy is an extraordinary cinematic tribute to a great work of Catholic imagination. While not equalling the religious vision of the books, the films honor that vision in a way that Christian viewers can appreciate, and that for non-Christian postmoderns may represent a rare encounter with an unironic vision of good and evil. Read more... Farewell to Judgment - Roger ScrutonThe sciences aim to explain the world: they build theories that are tested through experiment, and which describe the workings of nature and the deep connections between cause and effect. Nothing like that is true of the humanities. Read more... Favorites - JANET SMITHWhile I recognize that literature is a high art form and a tremendous source of intellectual, spiritual, and moral enlightenment, I make recourse to literature largely for the purposes of therapy or entertainment. Janet Smith discusses her favorite authors. Read more... Fiction as Truth: The Fall and Purification of Pip - R. Kenton CravenMy first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to be to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. Read more... Film Review: Taking Chance - Ray NothstineLieutenant Colonel Mike Strobl began his 2004 essay “Taking Chance” by saying, “Chance Phelps was wearing his Saint Christopher medal when he was killed on Good Friday. Read more... Finding Frodo’s Faith - Joseph PearceThe Lord of the Rings is every bit as Catholic as its author. It is not only written by a Catholic, it is so Catholic that only a Catholic could have written it. Read more... Fire in Our Darkness - MICHAEL O'BRIENMichael O'Brien explores what is necessary for the Christian art of today to be true to its subject. In modern times, the lives of two religious artists, Georges Rouault (1871-1958) and William Kurelek (1927-1977), have left us markers. Read more... Five Best Books on Religion and Politics - Mary Ann GlendonThese literary works excel in their depiction of religion and politics. Read more... Flannery 0'Connor Banned - J. BottumThis summer, the racist texts of Flannery O'Connor were banned from the Catholic schools in Lafayette, Louisiana. You hardly know where to begin when faced with a proposition like that. T Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Wed May 22 2013 - 19:29:32
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