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...
2004
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...
The stem cell debate
When the Church developed the modern reasoning behind its teaching that all human life is sacred from the moment of...
Marketing the Church?
Does the Church need a marketing strategy? This was a question I posed to a Catholic working for a successful...
