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Critics' Christmas Choices

by Francine du Plessix Gray

Commonweal, December 5, 1980, p. 696

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    Issues of Jan.-Mar. 1980 = 6 Issues, 97 Articles
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      January 18, 1980 Issue = 14 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, pp. 3-4
      3. John Who? by Lafe F. Allen, pp. 5-6
      4. Q. & A. on Iran by Thomas Powers, p. 7
      5. Truth or consequences by John Garvey, pp. 8-9
      6. The P.L.O. & the democratic Left by Michael Harrington, pp. 10-12
      7. The other right-to-lifers by Mary Meehan, pp. 13-15
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        Screen: An 'Innocent' Dracula by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 16-17 - 2 Reviews
        Nosferatu, the Vampire (1929 Film) by F.W. Murnau
        Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979 Film) by Werner Herzog
      9. The appetite for lives by Mark Taylor, pp. 18-21
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        Synthetic Myth by Martin Green, p. 22 - 1 Review
        Shikasta: Canopus in Argos-Archives by Doris May Lessing
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        Catholic, monk & priest by Bernard Bergonzi, p. 23 - 1 Review
        Thomas Merton: Monk and Poet by George Woodcock
      12. [+]
        Imbued with the mysteries by James Gips, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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        Realization of the timeless present by Eric Cochrane, pp. 26-32 - 1 Review
        O Holy Mountain! by M. Basil Pennington
      14. Cover Illustration by Tachydromos
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      February 1, 1980 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Editorials, pp. 37-38
      2. The responsibility of theologians by Bernard J. Cooke, pp. 39-41
      3. Lord Acton, power & papal infallibility by John Garvey, pp. 42-44
      4. Is the church an idol? by Charles Davis, pp. 45-47
      5. 'A Religious Cop-Out?' by John L. McKenzie, p. 48
      6. 'Mixed and Ambiguous' by Dolores Leckey, p. 49
      7. 'Reductionist & Manichean' by Martin E. Marty, pp. 50-51
      8. 'A History of the Victims' by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, p. 52
      9. 'A Critical Juncture' by Philip Murnion, p. 53
      10. 'Honorable But Mistaken' by Richard John Neuhaus, pp. 54-55
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        Screen: Hard Act to Follow by Colin L. Westerbeck, jr., pp. 56-57 - 1 Review
        Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979 Film) by Werner Herzog
      12. [+]
        Two Visions of Moral Theology by Merle Longwood, p. 58 - 2 Reviews
        Free and Faithful in Christ by Bernard Haring
        Principles for a Catholic Morality by Timothy E. O'Connell
      13. [+]
        Moral education, moral mechanics by Roderick Hindery, pp. 59-60 - 2 Reviews
        The Taste for the Other by Gilbert Meilaender
        Comparative Religious Ethics by David Little and Sumner B. Twiss
      14. [+]
        We are all pagans becoming Christians by Eugene Hillman, p. 61 - 1 Review
        Beyond Our Tribal Gods by Ronald Marstin
      15. [+]
        In brief by John Deedy, pp. 62-64 - 1 Review
        Our Life in God's Light by Hugh T. Kerr and John M. Mulder
    3. [+]
      February 15, 1980 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 66
      2. Editorials, pp. 67-68
      3. Venezucommunism by Steve Ellner, p. 69
      4. Test for the Tories by Jordan Bishop, pp. 70-71
      5. Voices of their captors by Abigail McCarthy, p. 72
      6. This time it is Munich by Thomas Powers, pp. 73-74
      7. Hostages in their homeland by Richard J. Krickus, pp. 75-79
      8. Protestants & the pope by Stanley Hauerwas and Robert L. Wilken, pp. 80-84
      9. Kentucky coal by Charles R. Di Salvo, pp. 85-86
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        Kramer vs. Kramer (1979 Film) by Robert Benton
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        Courtmanship & How to Play It by Isidore Silver, pp. 89-90 - 1 Review
        The Brethren by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong
      12. [+]
        In need of critical judgment by Thomas LeClair, p. 91 - 1 Review
        Walker Percy: An American Search by Robert Coles
      13. [+]
        Out-Americaning the Americans by Peter W. Williams, pp. 92-93 - 1 Review
        The Mormon Experience by Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton
      14. [+]
        Failure and creativity by J.A. Appleyard, pp. 94-96 - 1 Review
        Gerard Manley Hopkins by Paddy Kitchen
      15. Cover Illustration by Tachydromos
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      February 29, 1980 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 98
      2. Editorials, pp. 99-100
      3. Waste not, want not by William V. Thomas, p. 101
      4. Another U.S. triumph by Frank Getlein, pp. 102-103
      5. Evangelical points by Michael W. Foley, pp. 104-107
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        Who was in charge? by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 108-110 - 1 Review
        The Man Who Kept the Secrets by Thomas Powers
      7. The Junta and the trade unions by William B. Gould, pp. 111-115
      8. Dance by Don McDonagh, p. 116
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        Screen: Going Nowhere by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 117-118 - 1 Review
        Being There (1979 Film) by Hal Ashby
      10. Religious Book Week: Critics' Choices by Arthur J. Moore, p. 119
      11. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Arlene Swidler, pp. 120-121
      12. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Marie Augusta Neal, p. 122
      13. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by George G. Higgins, pp. 123-124
      14. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Robert McAfee Brown, pp. 125-126
      15. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Colman McCarthy, pp. 127-128
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      March 14, 1980 Issue = 23 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 130
      2. Editorials, pp. 131-132
      3. Talent to spare? by Heinrich Fries, p. 133
      4. Pro-Soviet throwback by Benjamin Martin, p. 133
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        The Executioner's Song by John Garvey, pp. 134-135 - 1 Review
        The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
      6. Will it sell in Utrecht? by John A. Coleman, pp. 136-138
      7. The CIA & the president by Thomas Powers, pp. 139-141
      8. Verse by Shelby Stephenson and Robert Beum, p. 142
      9. The Tito legacy by Bogdan Denitch, pp. 143-145
      10. Tremors in Belgrade by Pedro Ramet, pp. 146-147
      11. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 148
      12. [+]
        Screen: Sorry, Wrong Number by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 149 - 1 Review
        Coup de Tete (1979 Film) by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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        The Historian as Polemicist by George G. Higgins, pp. 150-152 - 1 Review
        Catholicism and Modernity by James Hitchcock
      14. [+]
        Brilliant fragments of sensibility by Robert Emmet Long, p. 153 - 2 Reviews
        The Notebooks of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Matthew J. Bruccoli and F. Scott Fitzgerald
        The Price Was High by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Matthew J. Bruccoli
      15. Verse by Peter E. Murphy, p. 154
      16. Carrots by David Fedo, p. 154
      17. The Butter Road by Jane Flanders, p. 154
      18. An Irish Dinner by Martin Galvin, p. 154
      19. [+]
        Myth and the body by Anya Taylor, p. 155 - 2 Reviews
        Who Shall be the Sun? by David Wagoner
        The Pregnant Man by Robert S. Phillips
      20. [+]
        A fresh appreciation of Heidegger by William J. Richardson, p. 156 - 1 Review
        Martin Heidegger by George Steiner
      21. [+]
        In brief by Eleanor Wynard, p. 157 - 1 Review
        Jack's Book by Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee
      22. [+]
        Review Claims in Conflict, by David Hollenbach by Dorothy Dohen, pp. 158-160 - 1 Review
        Claims in Conflict by David Hollenbach
      23. Cover Illustration by Tachydromos
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      March 28, 1980 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 162
      2. Editorials, p. 163
      3. Post-Nobel decline by Michael H.C. McDowell, pp. 164-165
      4. Bureau of instigation by Frank Getlein, p. 166
      5. A time for rationality by Abigail McCarthy, p. 167
      6. The primary points by E.J. Dionne, Jr., pp. 168-170
      7. Everything you never wanted to know about the IRS by Joseph O'Donoghue, pp. 171-181
      8. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 182
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        Screen: California Style by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 183 - 1 Review
        The Last Married Couple in America (1980 Film) by Gilbert Cates
      10. The working American by Nicolaus Mills, pp. 184-185
      11. [+]
        Does Christianity Exist? by Michael Zeik, p. 186 - 1 Review
        In Search of Christianity by Ninian Smart
      12. [+]
        Poverty, education, & equality by Herbert J. Gans, pp. 187-188 - 1 Review
        Small Futures by Richard H. de Lone
      13. [+]
        Guilt is the mother of beauty by Daniel M. Murtaugh, p. 189 - 1 Review
        Problems, and Other Stories by John Updike
      14. [+]
        In brief by N.E. Condini, pp. 190-192 - 1 Review
        Life in the Forest by Denise Levertov
      15. Cover Illustration by Tachydromos
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    1. [+]
      April 11, 1980 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 194
      2. Editorials, pp. 195-196
      3. A chance encounter by Thomas Powers, pp. 197-198
      4. Caesar in our future? by John Garvey, pp. 199-200
      5. The idea of a liberal education by J.M. Cameron, pp. 201-206
      6. Waiting for Lefty on Campus by Milton Mankoff, pp. 207-211
      7. Verse by Murray Hickey Ley, p. 212
      8. The Space Window at the Washington Cathedral by Sr. Anne Higgins, D.C., p. 212
      9. Puritan Antiphoris by LeRoy Smith, Jr., p. 212
      10. Teacher, What Shall We Do by Alan Seaburg, p. 212
      11. The Larger Hope by Alan Seaburg, p. 212
      12. Homo sapiens by Joyce S. Brown, p. 212
      13. [+]
        Screen: Man in Her Life by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 213 - 2 Reviews
        The Rose (1979 Film) by Mark Rydell
        Coal Miner's Daughter (1980 Film) by Michael Apted
      14. [+]
        Packaging Our Past by Raymond A. Schroth, pp. 214-215 - 1 Review
        America Revised by Frances Fitzgerald
      15. [+]
        Common sense or bright idea by George W. Shea, pp. 216-217 - 1 Review
        Teaching as a Conserving Activity by Neil Postman
      16. [+]
        Vive la difference! by Maurice R. Berube, pp. 218-219 - 1 Review
        Fifteen Thousand Hours by Michael Rutter
      17. [+]
        In brief by Stephen Darst, pp. 220-224 - 1 Review
        The Body in Question by Jonathan Miller
      18. Cover Illustration by Ken Light
    2. [+]
      April 25, 1980 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 226
      2. Editorials, pp. 227-228
      3. The bishop's tale by Thomas E. Quigley, pp. 229-230
      4. The Jimmy principle by Frank Getlein, p. 231
      5. The ideal and the issue by Abigail McCarthy, pp. 232-233
      6. Eggheads, pumpkin heads, & liturgical popularism by David K. O'Rourke, pp. 234-235
      7. Verse by Gary Zebrun, p. 236
      8. Democracy or dictatorship by Denis Goulet, pp. 237-239
      9. Genocide in the Jungle by Robert Wasserstrom, pp. 240-241
      10. Television by Philip Terzian, p. 242
      11. [+]
        Screen: Best Move by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 243 - 1 Review
        Best Boy (1979 Film) by Ira Wohl
      12. Art by Maureen Mullarkey, pp. 244-245
      13. A guide for the guideless by Saul Maloff, pp. 246-248
      14. [+]
        The High Court & Democracy by Maurice deG. Ford, pp. 249-250 - 1 Review
        Democracy and Distrust by John Hart Ely
      15. [+]
        Freud rescued from psychoanalysis by M. Gerard Fromm, p. 251 - 1 Review
        Freud: Biologist of the Mind by Frank J. Sulloway
      16. [+]
        A tough & hard-earned Christianity by John P. Sisk, pp. 252-256 - 1 Review
        Searching for Truth by Peter Kelly
      17. Cover Illustration by Tachydromos
    3. [+]
      May 9, 1980 Issue = 11 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 258
      2. Editorials, pp. 259-260
      3. The good soldier system by Thomas Powers, pp. 261-262
      4. Peter Berger's unfinished symphony by Gregory Baum, pp. 263-269
      5. An interview with Mary Gordon by Diana Cooper-Clark, pp. 270-273
      6. Dance by Don McDonagh, p. 274
      7. [+]
        Screen: Faith in the System by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 275-276 - 1 Review
        The Trials of Alger Hiss (1980 Film) by John Lowenthal
      8. [+]
        Gospel, Infallibility, & Kung by Peter Chirico, pp. 277-279 - 2 Reviews
        Hans Kung: His Work and His Way by Hermann Haring and Karl-Josef Kuschel
        The Church---Maintained in Truth? by Hans Kung
      9. [+]
        New agenda for liberalism by John Judis, p. 280 - 1 Review
        Decade of Decision by Michael Harrington
      10. [+]
        An angry & puzzled decade by Daniel T. Rodgers, pp. 281-282 - 1 Review
        The Dream of the Golden Mountains by Malcolm Cowley
      11. [+]
        Simple terms, burning words by Robert Leiter, pp. 283-288 - 1 Review
        So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
    4. [+]
      May 23, 1980 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 290
      2. Editorials, pp. 291-293
      3. America as Europe by Michael Aaron Rockland, p. 294
      4. In for the long haul by Adrian Karatnycky, pp. 294-295
      5. The rigors of travel by Frank Getlein, p. 296
      6. Justice for mothers by Abigail McCarthy, pp. 297-298
      7. The overriding issue by David Riesman, pp. 299-300
      8. A bill of divorce by John L. McKenzie, pp. 301-304
      9. Media by William Lee Miller, pp. 305-306
      10. [+]
        Screen: Duck Soup by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 307 - 1 Review
        Sitting Ducks (1980 Film) by Henry Jaglom
      11. [+]
        A Tale of Two Cities by Peter Dobkin Hall, pp. 308-309 - 1 Review
        Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia by E. Digby Baltzell
      12. [+]
        Beyond the medical solution by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, pp. 310-311 - 2 Reviews
        Not My Daughter by Katherine B. Oettinger
        Teenage Sexuality by Aaron Hass
      13. [+]
        Sympathetic, hostile, uncritical by Brian A. Haggerty, pp. 312-313 - 3 Reviews
        Understanding the New Religions by Jacob Needleman and George Baker #2
        Science, Sin, and Scholarship by Irving Louis Horowitz
        A Time for Consideration by M. Darrol Bryant and Herbert W. Richardson
      14. [+]
        Seeking a new energy logic by Norman J. Faramelli, pp. 314-315 - 5 Reviews
        Energy: The Next Twenty Years by Hans Landsberg and Kenneth Joseph Arrow
        Energy in America's Future by Sam H. Schurr and William Ramsay #2
        Energy Future by Robert Stobaugh and Daniel Yergin
        The Energy Controversy by Amory Lovins
        Pathway to Energy Sufficiency by John S. Steinhart
      15. [+]
        Training of the inner life by Anne Fremantle, p. 316 - 1 Review
        Toward Awakening by Jean Vaysse
      16. [+]
        Another tide of world history by Winston Weathers, pp. 317-318 - 1 Review
        A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul
      17. [+]
        In brief by Howard Kaplan, pp. 319-320 - 1 Review
        Childhood and Other Neighborhoods by Stuart Dybek
      18. Cover Illustration by Tachydromos
    5. [+]
      June 6, 1980 Issue = 22 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 322
      2. Editorials, pp. 323-324
      3. Arrogance of power by John Garvey, pp. 325-326
      4. the mysterious Spaniard by Thomas Powers, pp. 327-328
      5. It's more than incompetence vs. stupidity by Pope McCorkle, pp. 329-330
      6. The chances for Nicaragua by Wayne H. Cowan, pp. 331-332
      7. At the hour of our death by Silver Donald Cameron, pp. 333-334
      8. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 335
      9. [+]
        Screen: Star Snores by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 336 - 1 Review
        The Empire Strikes Back (1980 Film) by Irvin Kershner
      10. Muck, matter, & an enclosing heart by Floyd Skloot, pp. 337-338
      11. [+]
        The Church Between the Wars by Dennis O'Brien, p. 339 - 1 Review
        The Survival of American Innocence by William M. Halsey
      12. Verse by John Garmon, p. 340
      13. Penance by Katharine Zadravec, p. 340
      14. The Rural Carrier Discovers That Love Is Everywhere by T.R. Hummer, p. 340
      15. Leah by Doris B. Jensen, p. 340
      16. Laying a Cornerstone by Nancy G. Westerfield, pp. 340-341
      17. [+]
        Revolution & the persistence of evil by Joseph L. Walsh, pp. 342-343 - 1 Review
        The Moral Meaning of Revolution by Jon P. Gunnemann
      18. [+]
        Let's look at the record by William B. Hixson, Jr., pp. 344-346 - 1 Review
        Prejudice and the Old Politics by Allan J. Lichtman
      19. [+]
        Revitalizing our common beliefs by R. Emmett Curran, p. 347 - 1 Review
        Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform by William G. McLoughlin
      20. [+]
        The friendship of two 'seekers' by Peter W. Williams, pp. 348-349 - 1 Review
        The Brownson-Hecker Correspondence by Joseph F. Gower, Richard M. Leliaert, and Orestes A. Brownson, ...
      21. [+]
        Coming of age in America by Mary C. Segers, pp. 350-352 - 1 Review
        Catholics and American Politics by Mary T. Hanna
      22. Cover Illustration by Peterson
    6. [+]
      June 20, 1980 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 354
      2. Editorials, pp. 355-356
      3. Busing---another kind by Brian Wicker, p. 357
      4. Spoilers & spoilsmen by Frank Getlein, pp. 358-359
      5. About farms by Abigail McCarthy, p. 360
      6. My life at the Catholic Worker by John C. Cort, pp. 361-366
      7. Verse by Jessica Powers, p. 367
      8. Let the Russians do it by J. Patrick Dobel, pp. 368-370
      9. Media by William Lee Miller, p. 371
      10. [+]
        Screen: Bottom of the Wave by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 372-374 - 1 Review
        Clair de Femme (1979 Film) by Constantin Costa-Gavras
      11. Art by Nicolaus Mills, p. 375
      12. [+]
        Everything Banished But Love by Frank McConnell, p. 375 - 1 Review
        Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or the Bomb Party by Graham Greene
      13. [+]
        Religion as denial of history by Charles Davis, pp. 376-377 - 1 Review
        Religion on Trial by Guilford Dudley III
      14. [+]
        Experiment without experience by Marc Lappe, pp. 378-379 - 1 Review
        Advice to a Young Scientist by Peter B. Medawar
      15. [+]
        Greek culture & the god of love by Jean Bethke Elshtain, pp. 380-381 - 1 Review
        The Lust to Annihilate by Eli Sagan
      16. [+]
        In Brief by Dennis Vellucci, pp. 382-384 - 1 Review
        Dorothea Lange by Milton Meltzer
  3. [+]
    Issues of Jul.-Sep. 1980 = 5 Issues, 86 Articles
    1. [+]
      July 4, 1980 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 386
      2. Editorials, p. 387
      3. An Irish Saul by Desmond Fisher, pp. 388-389
      4. The citizen army by Thomas Powers, pp. 390-391
      5. The voice of Blume by John Garvey, pp. 392-393
      6. The new economic mythology by Richard B. DuBoff, pp. 394-398
      7. Questions for the pope by Ernest W. Ranly, pp. 399-401
      8. The man who said no by Dennis O'Brien, pp. 402-403
      9. White House pillars by William Lee Miller, pp. 404-405
      10. [+]
        Selfhood & Resistance by Tamar Jacoby, pp. 406-407 - 2 Reviews
        When Memory Comes by Saul Friedlander
        My Home, My Prison by Raymonda Hawa Tawil
      11. [+]
        The present and future gospel by Leo J. O'Donovan, pp. 408-409 - 1 Review
        Message and Existence by Langdon Gilkey
      12. [+]
        Working it out by Cheryl Rivers, p. 410 - 1 Review
        Looking for Work by Susan Cheever
      13. [+]
        The social, religious, & personal mix by James Neafsey, pp. 411-412 - 1 Review
        Jung in Context by Peter Homans
      14. [+]
        In brief by Robert Hassenger, pp. 413-416 - 1 Review
        Who Gets Ahead? by Christopher Jencks
      15. Cover Illustration by Arnie Levin
    2. [+]
      August 1, 1980 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 418
      2. Editorials, pp. 419-421
      3. Mirror of Italy by Leo J. Wollemborg, pp. 422-423
      4. Priests, politics, patriotism by Abigail McCarthy, p. 424
      5. To life (patent Pending)! by Frank Getlein, pp. 425-426
      6. The hidden numbers by Isidore Silver, p. 427
      7. Passion play progress by Leonard Swidler, pp. 428-429
      8. Family reconstruction by Jean Bethke Elshtain, pp. 430-431
      9. The moral meaning of the family by Stanley Hauerwas, pp. 432-435
      10. Art by Maureen Mullarkey, pp. 436-437
      11. [+]
        Screen: The Waning by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 438 - 1 Review
        The Shining (1980 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
      12. Verse by Jock Henderson, Jr., pp. 438-439
      13. [+]
        The Wars Between the States by Jack Clark, pp. 440-441 - 1 Review
        The Last Entrepreneurs by Robert Goodman
      14. [+]
        Rich, rising anthems of faith by Bruce Cook, pp. 442-443 - 2 Reviews
        Gospel Hymns and Social Religion by Sandra S. Sizer
        The Well-Tempered Lyre by George W. Ewing
      15. [+]
        Self-images & sentimental excuses by Mark Taylor, pp. 444-445 - 1 Review
        The Generation of 1914 by Robert Wohl
      16. [+]
        Tracking the mystic pilgrim by David Steindl-Rast and Francis V. Tiso, p. 446 - 2 Reviews
        Karma Cola by Gita Mehta
        Alternative Altars by Robert S. Ellwood, Jr.
      17. [+]
        In Brief by Raymond A. Schroth, pp. 447-448 - 1 Review
        Gritty Cities by Mary Proctor and Bill Matuszeski
      18. Cover Illustration "Matrimonial Harmonics" by James Gillray
    3. [+]
      August 29, 1980 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 450
      2. Editorials, p. 451
      3. Land of Uncle Enver by Randall Fegley, pp. 452-453
      4. Orthodox & infallible? by John Garvey, pp. 454-456
      5. Great tumult of print by Thomas Powers, pp. 457-458
      6. Patriotism, free enterprise, & positive thinking by Thomas B. Mechling, pp. 459-461
      7. Halfway back by Frank S. Zepezauer, pp. 462-464
      8. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 465
      9. [+]
        Screen: Fashion Statement by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 466 - 1 Review
        Dressed to Kill (1980 Film) by Brian De Palma
      10. Dance by Don McDonagh, p. 467
      11. Verse by Alice Price, p. 468
      12. The family idiot by Saul Maloff, pp. 469-470
      13. [+]
        Gestures of Solidarity by Gerard Reedy, p. 471 - 1 Review
        The Second Coming by Walker Percy
      14. [+]
        Carolingian utopia by Dennis Leder, pp. 472-473 - 1 Review
        The Plan of St. Gall by Walter W. Horn and Ernest Born
      15. [+]
        Pearls on a string by Robert Phillips, p. 474 - 1 Review
        Smile Please by Jean Rhys
      16. [+]
        Vienna waltzes by Stephen Toulmin, pp. 475-476 - 3 Reviews
        Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture by Carl E. Schorske
        A Nervous Splendor by Frederic Morton
        The Vienna I Knew by Joseph Wechsberg
      17. [+]
        'Catholic Peace Conspiracy' beginnings by Tom Cornell, p. 477 - 1 Review
        Another Part of the War by Gordon C. Zahn
      18. [+]
        A disheartening reminder by John Druska, pp. 478-480 - 1 Review
        1929: America Before the Crash~~Nineteen Twenty-Nine: America Before the Crash by Warren Sloat
      19. Cover Illustration by Rita Corbin
    4. [+]
      September 12, 1980 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 482
      2. Editorials, p. 483
      3. Name your socialism by Peter Steinfels, pp. 484-485
      4. City Lights by Abigail McCarthy, p. 486
      5. Saving the generals by Frank Getlein, pp. 487-488
      6. Industrial Democracy, Ltd. by Robert A. Senser, p. 489
      7. Labor rediscovers its past by L.A. O'Donnell, pp. 490-492
      8. An immoral morality? by Philip S. Kaufman, pp. 493-496
      9. An open letter to Republican conservatives by Alan Wolfe, pp. 497-499
      10. The establishment alternative by Mary Meehan, pp. 500-501
      11. [+]
        Screen: Flying High by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 502-503 - 2 Reviews
        Airplane! (1980 Film) by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker
        The Blues Brothers (1980 Film) by John Landis
      12. [+]
        Distributing the Losses by Daniel M. Murtaugh, p. 504 - 1 Review
        The Zero-Sum Society by Lester C. Thurow
      13. [+]
        Two sisters by Robert P. Imbelli, pp. 505-506 - 2 Reviews
        The Catholic Thing by Rosemary Haughton
        The Anatomy of the Catholic Church by Gerard E. Noel
      14. [+]
        A charity beyond our claims by Jane Howard, p. 507 - 1 Review
        California and Other States of Grace by Phyllis Theroux
      15. [+]
        The dulce versus the utile by Michael Hancher, pp. 508-509 - 1 Review
        Literature Against Itself by Gerald Graff
      16. [+]
        Up from substructure by Richard Drinnon, pp. 510-512 - 1 Review
        Iron Cages: Race and Culture in 19th-Century America by Ronald Takaki
    5. [+]
      September 26, 1980 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 514
      2. Editorials, p. 515
      3. A planetary bargain? by John Madeley, p. 516
      4. Vladimir Shelkov by Walter Parchomenko, p. 517
      5. We are exceptions by Michael B. Downing, pp. 518-519
      6. Ten commandments for teaching by Bernard Murchland, pp. 520-523
      7. Twenty-five years later by Raymond A. Schroth, pp. 524-525
      8. Classroom combat by Richard T. Ryan, pp. 526-528
      9. [+]
        Screen: Singing the Blues by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 529-531 - 1 Review
        The Blues Brothers (1980 Film) by John Landis
      10. [+]
        Complexities & Ironies by Margaret Wimsatt, p. 532 - 1 Review
        Flannery O'Connor's South by Robert Coles
      11. [+]
        Historical understanding of theology by John L. McKenzie, p. 533 - 1 Review
        Catholicism by Richard P. McBrien
      12. [+]
        Manichaean depressive by Bernard McCabe, pp. 534-535 - 1 Review
        Darkness Visible by William Golding
      13. [+]
        Skirting the swamp of profundity by Steve Lawson, pp. 536-537 - 1 Review
        Storytelling and Mythmaking by Frank D. McConnell
      14. [+]
        A license for speculation by Eugene H. Maly, p. 538 - 1 Review
        And They Took Themselves Wives by David Bakan
      15. [+]
        Shellacked perfection, daylit truth by W.S. Di Piero, pp. 539-540 - 2 Reviews
        On Earth As It Is by Dan Masterson
        Reeds by Gibbons Ruark
      16. [+]
        Authority in the eye of the beholder by David Toolan, pp. 541-542 - 1 Review
        Authority by Richard Sennett
      17. [+]
        In Brief by Philip Terzian, p. 543 - 1 Review
        Edward VII: Prince and King by Giles St. Aubyn
      18. [+]
        Review Rounds, by Frederick Busch by J.V. Long, III, pp. 543-544 - 1 Review
        Rounds by Frederick Busch
  4. [+]
    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1980 = 6 Issues, 100 Articles
    1. [+]
      October 10, 1980 Issue = 14 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 546
      2. Editorials, pp. 547-548
      3. The 'Catholic Vote' by David J. O'Brien, pp. 549-553
      4. The scarlet letter by E.J. Dionne, Jr., pp. 554-555
      5. Crossing the nuclear threshold by Thomas Powers, pp. 556-558
      6. Singers of family tales by Paul H. Connolly, pp. 559-561
      7. Psychology's theological quantum jump by David Toolan, pp. 562-566
      8. [+]
        Screen: Ars Gratia Artis by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 567-568 - 1 Review
        The Adventures of Picasso (1980 Film) by Tage Danielsson
      9. [+]
        Kaleidoscopic After-Images by Robert Hassenger, p. 569 - 2 Reviews
        Fire in the Streets by Milton Viorst
        Of Kennedys and Kings by Harris Wofford
      10. [+]
        A small, human part of a large movement by Nicholas R. Clifford, pp. 570-571 - 1 Review
        The Dragon's Village by Yuan-Tsung Chen
      11. [+]
        Picking up the fragments by Joseph Powers, p. 572 - 1 Review
        From Magic to Metaphor by George S. Worgul, Jr.
      12. [+]
        The bridge of negative words by Nereo E. Condini, p. 573 - 1 Review
        A Draft of Shadows, and Other Poems by Octavio Paz
      13. [+]
        In Brief by Ronald DiLorenzo, p. 574 - 1 Review
        Marquand: An American Life by Millicent Bell
      14. [+]
        Review Annals of an Abiding Liberal, by John Kenneth ... by James R. Kelly, pp. 574-576 - 1 Review
        Annals of an Abiding Liberal by John Kenneth Galbraith
    2. [+]
      October 24, 1980 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 578
      2. Editorials, pp. 579-580
      3. Labor & the nukes by Brian Wicker, pp. 581-582
      4. The emperor's planes by Frank Getlein, p. 583
      5. Another kind of witness by John Garvey, p. 584
      6. Verse by Joseph Payne Brennan, p. 585
      7. A Kennedy delegate in Carter's Camp by Thomas E. Cronin, pp. 586-587
      8. A switch to Reagan by Michael Novak, pp. 588-589
      9. Throwing my vote---to Anderson by Richard C. Wade, pp. 590-593
      10. [+]
        Screen: Redford vs. Redford by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 594 - 1 Review
        Ordinary People (1980 Film) by Robert Redford
      11. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 595
      12. Media by William Lee Miller, pp. 596-597
      13. [+]
        In the Light of New Events by Gregory Baum, pp. 598-600 - 1 Review
        Discerning the Way by Paul M. Van Buren
      14. [+]
        The right men at the right time by Joe Holland, p. 601 - 1 Review
        Thunder on the Right by Alan Crawford
      15. [+]
        Bankrupt faith & ramshackle culture by Gary Zebrun, pp. 602-603 - 1 Review
        Tenebrae by Geoffrey Hill
      16. [+]
        Progress as freedom, progress as power by Rosemary Radford Ruether, pp. 604-605 - 1 Review
        A History of the Idea of Progress by Robert Nisbet
      17. [+]
        In Brief by Kilian McDonnell, p. 606 - 1 Review
        Christian Hope by John MacQuarrie
      18. [+]
        Review A Stopping Place, by A.G. Mojtabai by Irving Malin, pp. 606-608 - 1 Review
        A Stopping Place by A.G. Mojtabai
      19. Cover Illustration by Renault
    3. [+]
      November 7, 1980 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Editorials, pp. 611-612
      2. After the campaign by Abigail McCarthy, p. 613
      3. The secret of the press by Frank Getlein, pp. 614-615
      4. By the waters of Disneyland by David Lodge, pp. 616-619
      5. Rediscovering Sigrid Undset by Maura Boland, pp. 620-623
      6. Screen: Old Movies Never Die by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 624-625
      7. [+]
        Taking Atheism Seriously by Leonard Swidler, p. 626 - 1 Review
        Does God Exist? by Hans Kung
      8. [+]
        The American dream in fragments by Saul Maloff, p. 627 - 1 Review
        Loon Lake by E.L. Doctorow
      9. Verse by Michael Niflis, p. 628
      10. Fort Blakely Cemetary by David Leedy, p. 628
      11. Changing the Flowers by Roy Scheele, p. 628
      12. Four Poems in One by Anne Porter, pp. 628-629
      13. [+]
        The preacher's gift by Michael Zeik, pp. 630-631 - 2 Reviews
        The Ministry of the Word by D.W. Cleverley Ford
        Tell the Next Generation by Walter J. Burghardt
      14. [+]
        Detachment, democracy, & dissent by Richard Wightman Fox, pp. 632-633 - 1 Review
        Walter Lippmann and the American Century by Ronald Steel
      15. [+]
        Angst & despair, bagels & lox by Sanford Pinsker, pp. 634-636 - 1 Review
        Side Effects by Woody Allen
      16. [+]
        National town meeting by Richard Kuczkowski, p. 637 - 1 Review
        American Dreams: Lost and Found by Studs Terkel
      17. [+]
        In Brief by Mark Taylor, pp. 638-640 - 1 Review
        Birds of Winter by Theodore Vrettos
    4. [+]
      November 21, 1980 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 642
      2. Editorials, pp. 643-644
      3. Using up the president by Thomas Powers, p. 645
      4. The church beyond the church by John Garvey, pp. 646-647
      5. Contraception & the synod by Bernard Cooke, pp. 648-649
      6. The Religious vote by Jim Castelli, pp. 650-651
      7. The men on the blanket by Jack Holland, pp. 652-653
      8. Theology in the Americas, pp. 654-660
      9. Art by Nicolaus Mills, p. 661
      10. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 662
      11. [+]
        Screen: Recalled to Life by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 663-664 - 1 Review
        Every Man for Himself (1980 Film) by Jean-Luc Godard
      12. [+]
        Democracy Is the Cure by Robert Howard, p. 665 - 1 Review
        Economic Democracy by Martin Carnoy and Derek Shearer
      13. [+]
        The bible & the christological enterprise by Raymond E. Brown, p. 666 - 1 Review
        Christ: The Experience of Jesus as Lord by Edward Schillebeeckx
      14. [+]
        Middle-aged man on the flying trapeze by Nancy Yanes Hoffman, p. 667 - 1 Review
        Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler
      15. [+]
        In Brief by Arlene Swidler, pp. 668-672 - 1 Review
        Women and Ministry in the New Testament by Elisabeth M. Tetlow
      16. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
    5. [+]
      December 5, 1980 Issue = 20 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 674
      2. Editorials, p. 675
      3. Brisk constitutional by Jordan Bishop, pp. 676-677
      4. The servants' season by Abigail McCarthy, p. 678
      5. The swing thing by Frank Getlein, pp. 679-680
      6. A Christian homosexuality? by Edward Vacek, pp. 681-683
      7. Prisoners of place by Frederick T. Muto, pp. 684-685
      8. Does Belgium have a future? by James D. Tracy, pp. 686-689
      9. Recordings by Derrick Henry, p. 690
      10. The jam pot and the lembas by Charles A. Brady, pp. 691-693
      11. Critics' Christmas Choices by Richard John Neuhaus, p. 694
      12. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Robert F. Drinan, pp. 694-695
      13. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Francine du Plessix Gray, p. 696
      14. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by John Deedy, p. 697
      15. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Denise Levertov, p. 698
      16. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Francine Cardman, pp. 699-700
      17. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Raymond A. Schroth, p. 701
      18. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Rosemary Deen, p. 701
      19. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Kathryn Marshall, p. 702
      20. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by David Tracy, pp. 703-704
    6. [+]
      December 19, 1980 Issue = 14 Articles
      1. A question of intentions by Thomas Powers, pp. 705-706
      2. Editorials, pp. 707-710
      3. The pilgrimage of Dorothy Day by David J. O'Brien, pp. 711-715
      4. Poetry by Melissa Clark, p. 716
      5. The Execution of Thomas More (1535) by Michael Shorb, p. 716
      6. Earth as Made by LeRoy Smith, Jr., p. 716
      7. This year in Jerusalem by Shalom Cohen, pp. 717-720
      8. An American on the West Bank by Virginia Baron, pp. 721-722
      9. A mayor in Manhattan by Robert Hirschfield, p. 723
      10. [+]
        Screen: Giving It the Gate by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 724 - 1 Review
        Heaven's Gate (1980 Film) by Michael Cimino
      11. [+]
        The Informing Heart by Michael Harrington, p. 725 - 1 Review
        Naming Names by Victor S. Navasky
      12. Poetry by Lawrence Joseph, pp. 726-728
      13. [+]
        Returning to Augsburg by Kilian McDonnell, pp. 729-730 - 1 Review
        The Role of the Augsburg Confession by Joseph A. Burgess
      14. Index to volume CVII, pp. 731-736
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 23 Issues, 383 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 21 Issues, 333 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 22 Issues, 350 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 21 Issues, 362 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 22 Issues, 365 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 22 Issues, 340 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 22 Issues, 342 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 22 Issues, 359 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 22 Issues, 381 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 220 Issues, 3,977 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1990 = 22 Issues, 378 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 22 Issues, 379 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 22 Issues, 427 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 22 Issues, 393 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 22 Issues, 401 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 22 Issues, 397 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 22 Issues, 383 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 22 Issues, 404 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 22 Issues, 408 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 22 Issues, 407 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 2 Years, 44 Issues, 778 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2000 = 22 Issues, 390 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 22 Issues, 388 Articles