Lesson in comeback of Christian literature
The Harry Potter genre of literature that has been topping the bestseller lists all over the world for a number...
2005
Hurley remembers Vatican II
VATICAN II: Keeping The Dream Alive, by Denis Hurley OMI. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg. 2004. 300pp. By Gunther Simmermacher Some years...
A racist Church?
Catholics who this month were greeted with the banner headline informing them that there was a “race shock” in their...
Something astonishing
One Friday afternoon before the Jewish feast of Passover almost 2000 years ago there died a leader of a religious...
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...
Filmgoer’s Guide to God
THE FILMGOER’S GUIDE TO GOD, by Tim Cawkwell. Darton, Longman & Todd, London. 2004. 170pp. R139. Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher...
Kicking out racism
As South Africans stood in those queues that characterised their first inclusive election, the optimistic elation seemed to suggest that...
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...
Lenten books
THE LENTEN JOURNEY TO EASTER: Readings and Reflections for the Weekdays of Lent, by Nicholas King SJ. CB Publications, Cape...
