Contents, Volume 10 #1

March/April 1992

Dossier

The 1920s

Third instalment in
Compass's series on
the twentieth century

Leader
The 1920s were a decade of exuberance and despair. Stephanie Vincec CSJ (p.2)

Prologue to Our Own Era
The functional and rational, the mysterious and tortured --it was all part of the 1920s, and it happened fast. Jean Clair (p.6)

Quester heroes. Alan Bishop

Kafka's writing machine. Ioan Davies

Literary fistfight. Louis Dudek

Rocky Road to Church Union
Methodists, Congregationalists and most Presbyterians overcame differences to form the United Church. John Webster Grant (p.14)

Karl Barth's negation. John Webster

Pope Pius XI and his times.

Canada: No Heroes, No Defeats
Ottawa met new challenges through conciliation and compromise, half-measures and incremental reforms. H. Blair Neatby (p.19)

Agnes Macphail MP. Terry Crowley

Standing the gaff. Charlie Angus

Progress on the farm. Alex Sim

Flawed Vision of World Order
The League of Nations was a beacon of hope, but its failures were many, daunting and damning. Andy Knight (p.26)

Pacifist movements. Thomas P. Socknat

From stabilization to rout. Ian Drummond

The Mystique of Power
Great expectations and unbearable frustrations provided fertile soil for Fascism's growth. Alkis Kontos (p.31)

Having fun. Thomas E. Buckley SJ

Marcus Garvey. Robert Hill

Rise of the Chiangs. Mary Rose Donnelly

Breath Came and They Lived
The discovery of insulin in Toronto wrought amazing recoveries in dying children. Michael Bliss (p.37)

Public health offensive. Jutta Mason

Blurred, mysterious world. John Honner SJ

St. Miguel Pro
In a time of persecution, he pointed to the Secret Kingdom. John Matheson SJ (p.41)

Article

Catholic Worker: Living the Gospel
Houses of hospitality in Canada carry on the vision of Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day. Mary Redmond (p.42)

Books

Theology and the Dialectics of History
By Robert M. Doran SJ. Reviewed by Thérèse Mason and Charlotte Tansey (p.46)

The American Replacement of Nature
By William Irwin Thompson.
For Better or for Worse
By J.L. Granatstein and Norman Hillmer.
Reviewed by George Melnyk (p.48)

Features

Letters
Prophetic witness, inept interpretation and sexual priestess. (p.4)

Points
Observations from the years between 1920 and 1930. (p.5)

Colloquy
Albert Schweitzer's reverence for life. Stephanie Vincec CSJ (p.45)

Compass Cryptic
Cruel nun, hapless lawyers and rattled adder. (p.50)

Testament
Choosing trust and openness to God. Daryl Lynn Ross (p.51)