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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Islam and the West: A Conversation with Bernard Lewis - Bernard LewisBernard Lewis has often been described as the West's greatest historian and interpreter of Islam. At a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life held on April 27 in Washington, D.C., Professor Lewis, in a wide ranging discussion with an assemblage of American writers and thinkers, gives his views of current and future prospects for the West's relationship with Islam. Read more... Islam: A Primer - Roy MottahedehIn January 2002 a group of journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard historian Roy Mottahedeh, with a response by journalist Jay Tolson. Read more... It is finished - Father Raymond J. de SouzaSince the death of Father Richard John Neuhaus last Thursday, and my tribute to him published in the Post the day after, many readers have been kind enough to get in touch with me, passing on their condolences upon the death of my spiritual father and mentor. Read more... It’s Morning After in America - Kay HymowitzWith their genius for problem solving and compromise, pragmatic Americans have seen the damage that their decades-long fling with the sexual revolution and the transvaluation of traditional values wrought. And now, without giving up the real gains, they are earnestly knitting up their unraveled culture. It is a moment of tremendous promise. Read more... Janet Jackson and the Frog - Peggy NoonanHas our culture gone irredeemably to pot, or can we jump for our lives? Read more... John Paul II and the Crisis of Humanism - George WeigelJohn Paul II is arguably the iconic figure of the twentieth century because his life has embodied, personally and spiritually, the human crises of our times. Read more... Joyce Appleby, Catholic Conscience, and the Supreme Court - Matthew J. FranckShould Catholic justices recuse themselves on certain cases? Read more... Keeping An Open Mind - Donald DeMarco"I have an open mind," of course, has become a cultural cliché. What it really means is, "I am open to any trendy idea that blows in the wind, and am willing to accept it uncritically." Read more... Keeping the Faith - James E Person, Jr.Looming over the fireplace in the late Russell Kirk’s library in Mecosta, Mich., are three small stone images, statues given to Kirk by the renowned Scots sculptor Hew Lorimer during the 1950s. Read more... Killer Weed - Zenit“Legalize it/ Don’t criticize it” sang Peter Tosh decades ago, and many still sing marijuana’s praises. It’s no worse than tobacco or alcohol. It’s a godsend for people suffering intensive pain — it may help restore appetite and improve general well-being. Legalize it. Don’t criticize it. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 07-Nov-2009 - 11:09:55
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