Volume 19 Number 2

Issue Date: 
February, 2008

Features

Europe’s Crisis of Faith
By: Russell Shaw
Götterdämmerung, a word suggested by a Scandinavian myth, means "twilight of the gods." With religious belief and birth rates at an all-time low, Europe, a culture whose roots are profoundly Christian, is fading into oblivion. If current trends continue, Western traditions, practices, and laws may soon be replaced by Islamic ones. Is there hope for renewal, or is this the end of Europe as it has stood for millennia?
How to Make the Case for Marriage
By: Mary Jo Anderson
As a national election looms in the U.S., the debate over same-sex "marriage" rights grows more and more contentious. Traditional marriage—as it has been defined for centuries—is under siege throughout the Western hemisphere. But attempts to defend marriage as a union between a man and woman are often met with angry retorts of "don’t impose your morality on me." Can we build a convincing secular case for marriage? Yes. With an essay by Donald DeMarco.
The Bishop vs. the Nazis
By: Joanna Bogle
Execute the sick, the elderly, the disabled. Suppress religious practice and free speech. These were official policies of Germany’s National Socialist government in the 1930s and 40s. But in the face of Nazi oppression, a patriotic German bishop spoke out forcefully—at great personal risk—for the dignity of the human person. The story of Clemens August von Galen bears deep significance for Western cultures quickly losing their understanding of the value of human life at every stage.
God in Search of Man
By: Patrick C. Beeman
"Religion . . . comprises a series of wistful illusions," wrote Freud a century ago. Today many people subscribe to a similar view, one that attributes the source of the religious impulse largely to human psychology. They claim that religion, like biology, follows an evolutionary pattern. But nowhere in the history of religion does such a pattern appear. So, the question remains: Does our need for God come from ourselves or from him?

Departments

Reasons for Hope
"Have Lots of Children"
By: Cherie Peacock
Letters
Pro-Life Leader: Aim High
Damascus Road
A Lifetime of God-Moments
By: Christina King
By the Book
Got Wine?
By: Jim Blackburn
Eyes to See
North and South
By: Michael Schrauzer
Truth be Told
Bishops, Barbarians, and the Battle for Gaul
By: Matthew E. Bunson
Last Writes
A Trip Down Heresy Lane
By: Karl Keating

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