The Way of the Dreamcatcher

THE WAY OF THE DREAMCATCHER: Spirit Lessons with Robert Lax: Poet, Peacemaker, Sage. By S.T. Georgiou. Novalis, Ottawa. 2003. 284pp.

Reviewed by Michael Shackleton

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Victor Over Victim

VICTOR OVER VICTIM: The Bruce Walsh Story, by Bruce Walsh (as told to Sybrand Mostert). Human & Rosseau: Cape Town, 2003. 164pp.

Reviewed by Malcolm Theunissen

Bruce Walsh was an ordinary man, on an ordinary day when the extraordinary happened. In August 1998 he attended a farewell supper for a colleague who was about to retire. The venue was the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Cape Town’s Waterfront.

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A great churchman

When the history of the Southern African Church in the 20th century is written, two men will tower above the worthy rest: Mgr Frederick Kolbe and Archbishop Denis Hurley. Read more…

What we are voting for

President Thabo Mbeki’s announcement of this year’s election date, April 14, will have heralded the official start of a brief but intense campaign. Read more…

War on a false premise

The resignation of US weapons inspector David Kay has confirmed what many, including the Holy See, have long believed: Iraq evidently did not possess weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and was not capable of launching an attack on western targets within 45 minutes. Read more…

Anti-Semitism and Mel Gibson’s Passion

Few films in cinematic history have contrived to attract so much attention from Christians and Jews alike as Mel Gibson’s as yet unreleased The Passion of the Christ. Read more…

God’s Invisible Hand

GOD’S INVISIBLE HAND: Cardinal Francis Arinze interviewed by Gerard O’Connell. Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi, 2003. 398 pp, with photos.

Reviewed by Paddy Kearney

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