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editorials

The New Martyrs

Witnesses to the Conversion of a Culture
by James Hitchcock

interview

Activist for Life

An Interview with Joseph M. Scheidler
by James M. Kushiner

columns

A Thousand Words

The Feast in the House of Levi
by Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

Contours of Culture

It's a Wonderful World

George MacDonald & Phantastes

by Ken Myers

Illuminations

And He Shall Purify

by Anthony Esolen

Mortal Remains

The Quandary of the Good Woman Pastor

by S. M. Hutchens

As It Is Written...

Esther & Joseph

by Patrick Henry Reardon

27.1—Jan/Feb 2014

features

Chastity's Children

Sexual Reality, Procreation & the Wisdom of Virtuous Love
by Joshua Schulz

Roe v. History

How the U.S. Supreme Court Falsified the Record of Legislation Protecting Life
by Justin Dyer

Love's Beckoning

Loving the Unborn Is Difficult but Necessary If Human Love Is to Survive
by Rachel Lu

views

The Gift of Greg

Karen Hoppe on My Special-Needs Son as an Agent of Grace

Multiplication Tabled

William M. Gardner on the Problem of Preaching About "Responsible Parenthood"

Worthy of Life

Gregory K. Laughlin on the Wrong Choices Given to Parents of Disabled Children

book reviews

Fallen Family

How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization
by Mary Eberstadt
reviewed by C. R. Wiley

Forward Progress

Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society
by John Horvat II
reviewed by Allan C. Carlson

A Science of Man

Treatise on Human Nature: The Complete Text (Summa Theologiae I, Questions 75–102)
by Thomas Aquinas, translated by Alfred J. Freddoso
reviewed by R. V. Young

For Notre Dame

Battling for the Heart and Soul of a Catholic University
by Wilson D. Miscamble, C.S.C.
reviewed by James Hitchcock

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