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| Preface |
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Kierkegaard, Woody Allen, and the Secret to Lasting Joy |
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2 | (3) |
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Angels, Demons, and Modern Fantasies about Catholicism |
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5 | (3) |
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The Stoning of Soraya M. and the Figure of Christ |
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8 | (3) |
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District 9 and the Biblical Attitude Toward the Other |
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11 | (3) |
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The Coen Brothers and the Voice from the Whirlwind |
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14 | (3) |
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The Dangerous Silliness of Agora |
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17 | (3) |
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20 | (3) |
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True Grit and the Everlasting Arms |
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23 | (3) |
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Why Exorcism Films Still Fascinate |
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26 | (3) |
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The Remarkably Bad Theology of The Adjustment Bureau |
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29 | (6) |
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32 | (3) |
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes and the Dangers of Consequentialism |
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35 | (3) |
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Moneyball and Spiritual Leadership |
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38 | (4) |
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The Ides of March and the Danger of Idolatry |
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42 | (3) |
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The Hunger Games: A Prophecy? |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (4) |
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Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman, and the God-Man |
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52 | (4) |
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Still Another Cinematic Christ |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (3) |
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Victor Hugo's Retelling of the Gospel |
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62 | (3) |
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The Preachings of F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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65 | (3) |
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Superman, General Zod, and God |
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68 | (3) |
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World War Z and the Council of Trent |
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71 | (3) |
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Noah: A Postmodern Midrash |
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74 | (3) |
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The Fault in Our Stars and the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
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77 | (4) |
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Hercules, N.T. Wright, and the Modern Meta-Narrative |
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81 | (3) |
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The Giver and the Fading Memory of Christianity |
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84 | (5) |
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Take And Read: God In Books |
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89 | (46) |
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The Pathos of Liberal Catholicism |
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90 | (3) |
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What Should Catholics Make of Eckhart Tolle? |
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93 | (3) |
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Ends and Means and The Audacity to Hope |
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96 | (3) |
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The Apocalypse of Robert Hugh Benson |
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99 | (3) |
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A Catholic Reads The Shack |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (3) |
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The Last Acceptable Prejudice Rides Again |
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108 | (4) |
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One More Swing at the Catholic Straw-Man |
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112 | (4) |
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The Gospel According to The Hobbit |
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116 | (4) |
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The City Upon a Hill and an Almost Chosen People |
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120 | (4) |
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Why Faith is Indeed a Light |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (4) |
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Why Jesus is God: A Response to Bart Ehrman |
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131 | (4) |
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City On A Hill: God In Politics |
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135 | (36) |
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Tolerance, Choice, Argument, and Religion |
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136 | (3) |
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Seeing Political Corruption with Biblical Eyes |
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139 | (3) |
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The Fetishism of Dialogue |
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142 | (3) |
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In Whom Do We Place Our Trust? |
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145 | (3) |
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Why It Matters That Our Democracy Trusts in God |
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148 | (3) |
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A Nation Under God, a Nation That Keeps the Sabbath |
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151 | (3) |
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"Reduction to a Singleton" and the Sovereignty of Choice |
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154 | (4) |
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Why It's Okay to Be Against Heresy and for Imposing One's Will on Others |
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158 | (4) |
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The Great Both/And of Catholic Social Teaching |
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162 | (3) |
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Gay Marriage and the Breakdown of Moral Argument |
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165 | (3) |
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Why Anti-Catholic Prejudice Ought to Bother Everyone |
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168 | (3) |
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Rays Of Truth: God In The Culture |
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We Have Here No Lasting City |
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172 | (3) |
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The Task of the Next Generation of the Catholic Commentariat |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (3) |
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Allowing the Mask to Slip |
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181 | (3) |
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Where are the "Nones" Coming From? |
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184 | (3) |
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Covering Up the Name of Jesus |
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187 | (3) |
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A Secular Europe and the Mission of the Church |
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190 | (3) |
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Why Is Everyone Crazy About Vampires? |
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193 | (3) |
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Judge Judy, Simon Cowell, and the Lord God |
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196 | (3) |
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Reading the Scandal with Biblical Eyes |
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199 | (4) |
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Biblical Wisdom for Troubled Times |
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203 | (4) |
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207 | (2) |
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The Spiritual Value of the BP Oil Leak |
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209 | (2) |
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Muslims, Christians, and Secularists |
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211 | (3) |
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Kenneth Clark and the Danger of Heroic Materialism |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (3) |
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Celebrating the Death of bin Laden? |
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220 | (3) |
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Why Are So Many Atheists on the CNN Belief Blog? |
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223 | (3) |
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The Acts We Perform, the People We Become |
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226 | (3) |
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If You Want to Be a Good Person, It Does Matter What You Believe |
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229 | (3) |
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Why I Loved to Listen to Christopher Hitchens |
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232 | (4) |
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Andrew Sullivan's Nonthreatening Jesus |
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236 | (4) |
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How to Solve the Bully Problem |
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240 | (3) |
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Savvy Headhunters and the Hookup Culture |
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243 | (3) |
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Sex, Love, and God: The Catholic Answer to Puritanism and Nietzcheanism |
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246 | (3) |
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The Adventures of Classical Morality |
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249 | (4) |
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253 | (3) |
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Your Life Is Not About You |
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256 | (3) |
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Hannah Arendt's Moral Lesson |
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259 | (3) |
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Cosmos and One More Telling of the Tired Myth |
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262 | (3) |
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Bill Maher and Not Understanding Either Faith or the Bible |
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265 | (4) |
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Attack on Christians in the Middle East |
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269 | (3) |
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