Contents, Volume 13 #4

September/October 1995

Dossier

Culture of Life/
Culture of Death

The pope's encyclical
invites reflection on
life, death and culture
in our society

Leader
Can we learn from pain instead of fleeing it? Wanda Taylor (p.2)

Making Sense of Our Times--III
In a society run by money, an option for life and health. An interview with Rosalie Bertell (p.6)

Gospel of Life: Three Perspectives

"Life Issues" Embrace All of Life. Ronald Mercier SJ (p.12)

Opening to Culture Recalls Early Jesuits. Peter Larisey SJ (p.15)

The Pope's Truncated View of Democracy. Mark R. MacGuigan (p.17)

Severed from Life, Death's a Freak Show
What people have traditionally accepted, giving death its due, our culture unfortunately resists. Brit Griffin (p.20)

St. John of God
A soldier's transition from death to life. Mary Rose Donnelly (p.22)

Books

Quest for Roots
Stoning The Wind
By Cyril Dabydeen.
A Lad From Brantford
By David Adams Richards.
Reviewed by Monty Williams SJ (p.24)

Cold War Canada
By Reg Whitaker and Gary Marcuse. Reviewed by Doug Smith (p.26)

Bookshelf Gleanings
An essay in cold-minded futurology, free of apocalyptic scenarios (p.28)

Features

Points
Rubber gloves, a hinged cast-iron back and Lao Tzu on le p'tit gars. (p.5)

Colloquy
I saw a birth and was changed forever. Fr. Gerald Kleba (p.23)

Compass Cryptic by Margaret Visser
Yum-Yum, Cajun tart and eat what's under your dish. (p.29)

Testament
Through the merit of righteous women. Robert Chodos (p.30)

Distractions by Martin Royackers
Confessions of an agent of capitalism. (p.31)

Contents, Volume 13 #4

September/October 1995

Culture of Life/ Culture of Death

Culture of Life/
Culture of Death