Download PDF: Labrecque, Creationism of Another Kind Editor’s note: This piece was first presented at a conference on religion and ecology at Emory University titled “The Sacred Mundane” on September 10 and 11, 2015. Practical Matters is pleased to feature some of the
Download PDF: RV Slade Local Worship, Global Church By Mark R. Francis, CSV Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2014. 181 pages. $19.95. In this compact volume, Mark Francis adds a historical perspective to the ongoing conversation around matters of inculturation and liturgical
Download PDF: RV Massaro, Peacebuilding Edited By Robert J. Schreiter, R. Scott Appleby, and Gerard F. Powers Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2010. 480 pages. $30.00 The buzzwords are familiar: conflict transformation, post-conflict reconciliation, restorative justice. Scholars of religion who hasten to
Download PDF: RV Serrán-Pagán, The Origins of War By Matthew A. Shadle Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2011. 256 pages. $29.95. Matthew A. Shadle raises an important question sometimes overlooked by contemporary Catholic thinkers, namely, the origins of war. Why do
Download PDF: Niño Fidencio: De Roma a Espinazo Directed by Juan Farré. Produced by Fondo de Promoción al Cine de Nuevo León; Consejo Para La Cultura y las Artes de Nuevo León; Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía; and the Fondo Para La
Download PDF: Beste, Second-Grade Children Speak Abstract Despite a long-standing historical debate in Catholicism about whether second grade is an age-appropriate time to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, there has been a virtual absence of Catholic children’s own voices and