A Church response to Aids
The broadcast on South African television of a BBC-produced documentary on the Catholic Church and condoms–more than six months after...
November 2004
Church and Politics: Let’s Speak Up!
I had always thought that religion and politics are separate in most modern nations, particularly in the United States. The...
Philip Pullman & Christianity
THE DEVIL’S ACCOUNT: Philip Pullman & Christianity, by Hugh Rayment-Pickard. Darton, Longman & Todd London, 2004. 117pp. Reviewed by Russell...
Eucharist as a Weapon?
In recent weeks, some readers have questioned whether Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, a Catholic, should continue to receive holy Communion,...
Great Masses I remember
On a number of trips to Cape Town this past year, I have had the great pleasure of going to...
Social doctrine today
The Second Vatican Council taught in word and deed that the Catholic Church must always read and respond to “the...
Encyclopedia of Judaism & Christianity
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY, by Dan & Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok. Darton, Longman & Todd, London. 2004.181pp. Reviewed by Günther...
Red card for the race card
South Africa’s past has been dominated by issues of race, and so will the future be. The social engineering of...
