Contents, Volume 13 #1

March/April 1995

Dossier

The 1950s

Consumerism, paranoia
and religious and
cultural stirrings

Leader
When we look back at the 1950s, we get a curious sense of time standing still. Curtis Fahey (p.2)

The Age of Consumption? (p.7)

Adventures in Suburbia. Miriam Blair

Secret Life of June Cleaver. Cynthia Wright

The Fifties Look. Philip Street

Stirrings in The Church (p.11)

Priest Who Championed Modern Art. Peter Larisey SJ

French Theologians' Time of Trial. Pierre Vallin SJ

Pope John XXIII. Romeo Maione

Canada's Cultural Divide (p.16)

Passing Messages over the Fence. Gretta Chambers

TV United Quebecers. Louis Balthazar

Hard-Wired in Solitudes. Mark Starowicz

Paranoia and Popular Revolt (p.22)

Cold War Masked Geopolitical Agenda. Anatol Rapoport

McCarthy, Hoover and the CIA. Peter Dale Scott

Hungarian Revolt Presaged 1989. Elizabeth Kiss

High Flight and Safe Barns (p.29)

Sputnik. Ian McGregor

The Arrow. Janusz Zurakowski

Molecular Genetics. Laurie Edwards

Light in Rural Manitoba. Donald Swainson

New Rhythms, Troubling Messages (p.34)

Elvis. Malcolm Reid

Waiting for Godot. Craig Stewart Walker

Jack Kerouac. Stanley Colbert

Tony Walsh: A Saint for Our Times
The founder of Benedict Labre House was a gentle man who challenged others. Stephen Hagarty (p.39)

Article

Christians Can Learn from Buddha's Way
Spirituality is the locus of encounter between these two world faiths. An interview with Ovey Mohammed SJ by Paul McKenna (p.40)

Books

Strong Medicine
By Michael Rachlis MD and Carol Kushner.
Vital Choices
By Dr. William Molloy.
Reviewed by Richard Haughian (p.45)

Uncommon Will
By Lisa Hobbs Birnie and Sue Rodriguez. Reviewed by Michael Stogre SJ (p.48)

Adoption Reunions
By Michelle McColm. Reviewed by Bruce Henry (p.49)

Bookshelf Gleanings
World Bank's colonialism and how we know what we know. (p.51)

Features

Letters
Holistic Native spirituality and teen culture. (p.4)

Points
Virgin by Raphael, consumer spirituality and Dr. Spock's children. (p.5)

Colloquy
"I ask you for your forgiveness." Fr. Garry McCarthy (p.44)

Compass Cryptic by Margaret Visser
Strange Tamil, Leda's boys and Missouri's New Jersey. (p.53)

Testament
The poor should be served first. Ernie Schibli (p.54)

Distractions by Martin Royackers
We need fewer babies and more cars. (p.55)