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A racist Church?
Catholics who this month were greeted with the banner headline informing them that there was a “race shock” in their Church may have reacted in two ways. Read more…
Something astonishing
One Friday afternoon before the Jewish feast of Passover almost 2000 years ago there died a leader of a religious movement, crucified by the Romans. As the man’s friend, Joseph of Arimathaea, took him off the cross and laid the tortured body to rest, the story of the rabbi Jesus of Nazareth was expected to end. Read more…
That all might be free
As South Africa prepares for Human Rights Day, March 21, it is fitting that our focus this week should fall on two Catholic archbishops whose episcopates have been marked by a struggle for justice. One gave his life for this struggle, the other speaks to us this week in these pages. Read more…
Filmgoer’s Guide to God
THE FILMGOER’S GUIDE TO GOD, by Tim Cawkwell. Darton, Longman & Todd, London. 2004. 170pp. R139.
Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher
Kicking out racism
As South Africans stood in those queues that characterised their first inclusive election, the optimistic elation seemed to suggest that the racial history of this country would miraculously vanish. Read more…
What do the kids really want?
If there is one thing that religion and the mass media have in common in South Africa it is the problem of getting the attention and interest of 16 to 24 year old youths.
For most mainstream churches this is an old problem. Read more…
Lenten books
THE LENTEN JOURNEY TO EASTER: Readings and Reflections for the Weekdays of Lent, by Nicholas King SJ. CB Publications, Cape Town. 2004. 87pp.
LENTEN PRAYERS FOR BUSY PEOPLE: A Forty-Day Retreat Wherever You Happen To Be, by William J O’Malley SJ. Orbis Books, Maryknoill, NY. 2004. 288pp.
Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
Media: the pope’s mandate
Pope John Paul, in his new apostolic letter on the communications media, Rapid Development, makes a profound point when he observes that the mass media occupy a central socialising role as “the principal means of guidance and inspiration for many people in their personal, familial and social behaviour.” Read more…
