Contents, Volume 12 #6

January/February 1995

Dossier

Christmas Dinner

Food, its economic
impact, and its
deeper meaning

Leader
Table fellowship is a sign of life under God's reign. Edward Hyland SJ (p.2)

The Christmas Table (p.6)

Turkey. Diane Baltaz

Pudding. Margaret Visser

Sugar. Robert Chodos and Eric Hamovitch

Whisky. Patrick MacFadden

Everything Else. Brewster Kneen

A Spirituality of Food (p.13)

Bread Connects Us with Creation. David Waltner-Toews

The Son of God and the Food Chain. Stephanie Vincec CSJ

God Has Invited Us to a Feast. Janet Somerville

Every Meal Is Eucharist. William Clarke SJ

Eating Disorders. Louisa Blair

Does Meat Have a Place? (p.20)

A Harvest I Like to Imagine. Moira Wylie

Causing Death Isn't a Problem in Itself. Jim Profit SJ

The Joy and Dread of Family Feasts
Feasts can nourish and celebrate relationships--but only when love and tolerance are present. Lillian Newbery (p.24)

St. Nicholas
This fourth-century Turkish bishop has had a remarkable career as a cultural icon. Curtis Fahey (p.26)

Peace on Earth--Christmas 1994

Focus on Africa (p.27)

Amid Bad News, Signs of Hope. Rodrigo Mejma SJ

Rwanda. Augustin Kerekezi SJ

Burundi. Joseph Mpitabakana

South Africa. Tim Smith SJ

Zambia. Peter Henriot SJ

Sierra Leone. Lois Anne Bordowitz FCJ

Theology in Practice. An interview with Xolile Keteyi SJ

Armed Conflicts in the World 1994
Compass's eighth annual map of the planet's wars. (p.32)

Forgotten Wars and Treaties (p.43)

East Timor. David Webster

Georgia. S. Neil MacFarlane

Article

A New Approach to Economic Growth
Community Economic Development is coming of age in Canada. Murray MacAdam (p.48)

Books

Crossing the Threshold of Hope
By Pope John Paul II. Reviewed by Archbishop Edward Scott (p.52)

Right Honourable Men
By Michael Bliss.
Trudeau and Our Times, Vol. 2
By Christina McCall and Stephen Clarkson.
Reviewed by Rae Murphy (p.54)

Forestopia
By Michael M'Gonigle and Ben Parfitt. Reviewed by John McCarthy SJ (p.57)

Bookshelf Gleanings
Mental illness and Bourassa the trickster. (p.59)

Features

Letters
Matriarchal structure, rules and regulations, and holistic therapies. (p.4)

Points
Cairo considerations, Lester Pearson's education, and Canada includes Florida. (p.5)

Colloquy
Unexpected Christmas gift to a stranger. Thomas Michel SJ (p.47)

Testament
Unusual explanation of God's name. Sean McEvenue (p.51)

Compass Cryptic by Margaret Visser
Elizabeth Taylor's tops, brittle Priscilla and St. Paul's Iconium. (p.61)

Disputatio
North could flourish if treaties were respected. Bill Erasmus (p.62)

Distractions by Martin Royackers
Ticked off at development in Jamaica. (p.63)