During the mid-1960s, traditional forms of private confession seemed to disappear abruptly from Roman Catholic practice, according to James O'Toole, associate professor of history at Boston College.
Culture Watch
Julienne Gage 5-01-2002
It takes the rare vocal talents of a singer like Lila Downs to silence a Madrid crowd—and convince them to put out their cigarettes without complaining.
Duane Shank 3-01-2002
Jewish-Christian "dialogue" is too often just that—an intellectual, theological discussion with no grounding in shared experience.
Walter Wink 3-01-2002
All Christianity has to give, and all it needs to give, is the myth of the human Jesus.
Bethany Spicher Schonberg 3-01-2002
My friends and I are young and hip. We buy local, ride bikes, vote for Nader, and we do not despise conspiracy theory.
Danny Duncan Collum 3-01-2002
During the month of March, PBS affiliates will be airing a documentary called Welcome to the Club—The Women of Rockabilly.
Julie Polter 3-01-2002
A few blocks away, a sidewalk mailbox is covered with a magic-marker tribute to a young man downed in a shooting—"RIP Boo"
Teresa Blythe 3-01-2002
A frequent comment by political pundits after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was that the United States lacks "good old-fashioned human intelligence" against terrorism.
Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2002
In light of the 9-11 wars, people worldwide are digging more deeply into the study of applied nonviolence.
Nathan Wilson 3-01-2002
Driving north on I-75 through the flat state of Ohio, I'm usually scanning the horizon for those ticket-giving folks who, I'm told, like out-of-state cars.
Danny Duncan Collum 1-01-2002
The song has again become a vital statement of hope and even a resource for resistance.
Marie Dennis 1-01-2002
She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse, by Elizabeth Johnson (Crossroad/Herder & Herder).
Molly Marsh 1-01-2002
The term reconciliation carries such a chord of optimism; it conjures images of issues resolved and friendships re-established. But it’s usually wrenching work.
Daniel Tepfer 1-01-2002
Understanding Islam, by Thomas W. Lippman, is a thorough history of Islam and its adherents from a geopolitical perspective.