Contents, Volume 9 #2

May/June 1991

Dossier

The Second Decade

War, revolution
and the end of
an old world

Leader
A decade of suffering and violence. Jacques Monet SJ (p.2)

In 1910 Human Nature Changed
The second decade began with a burst of energy and ended in a desperate sadness. Modris Eksteins (p.6)

Bold message, bold image. Philip Street

Alarm Bells for Civilization
The First World War warned us that finding a new social model is a question of survival. Gwynne Dyer (p.11)

An eminently Victorian hero. John Prescott

Christianity for the here and Now
The social gospel movement was simultaneously noble and naïve. Ramsay Cook (p.15)

Missed opportunity. E. Tehindrazanarivelo

Filling the Gap on the Homefront
The Great War left its mark on those who did not serve on the battlefield. Kori Street (p.19)

Tortuous path to emancipation. Barbara Godard

Canadian audience, U.S. media. Mary Vipond

A Strike with an Elusive Meaning
Historians still argue about whether the Winnipeg General Strike was a glorious moment or a failure. Doug Smith (p.24)

Ontario's language fight. Robert Choquette

Disease of the wind. Eileen Pettigrew

Carving Up the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire's collapse was an episode in the long struggle between Christian and Muslim powers. Sheila McDonough (p.28)

National home for the Jews. Jacques Kornberg

Hero and searcher. Dennis Duffy

Power Was in the Streets
Instead of socialism, Russia got a ruined economy and an authoritarian government. Mary McAuley (p.33)

China's Revolution. Mary Rose Donnelly

Ireland's Rising. John Francis Larkin

Articles

A Doorway to the Holiness of God?
Our liturgy could be an act worthy of our deepest instinct about ourselves.
David Eley SJ (p.38)

A Caring and Loving Embrace of History
New Mexico's vital faith is rooted in the way people claim their traditions.
Robert Nagy (p.39)

Books

God's Dominions
By Ron Graham. Reviewed by Reginald Bibby (p.42)

Canadian Churches and Foreign Policy
Edited by Bonnie Greene.
Commentaries on Pope John Paul's Encyclical "On Social Concern"
Edited by Gregory Baum and Robert Ellsberg.
Reviewed by Edward Hyland SJ (p.45)

Recolonization or Liberation
By Ecumenical Coalition for Economic Justice.
Reviewed by James Webb SJ (p.48)

Features

Colloquy
The dotted line between life and death. Jim Cairney (p.37)

Disputatio
We need community-supported farms. Thomas Berry CP (p.50)

Testament
A commandment to take God seriously. Isidore H. Gorski (p.51)

Letters
Politics of cheese and a plea for religious writing. (p.4)

Points
Observations from the years between 1900 and 1920. (p.5)

Compass Cryptic
French artist, French gold and Spanish assent. (p.49)