http://staustinreview.com An international review of Christian culture, literature, and ideas Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:58:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Catholic Genius of J. R. R. Tolkien Sample Articles from this Issue Table of Contents Life Giving Ladies Women in the Writings of J. R. R. Tolkien by Sandra Miesel http://staustinreview.com/2008/06/22/julyaugust-2008/ Light Amid the Ruins: Literature in the Twentieth Century Sample Articles from this Issue Fragmentation? Nonsensical! The Linguistic Morality of P. G. Wodehouse by Eleanor Bourg Donlon On Saving Sinners by James V. Schall, S.J. http://staustinreview.com/2008/05/06/mayjune-2008/ The Counter-Reformation What do you know about the Counter-Reformation? As one of the most important and yet most vaguely grasped periods in Catholic history, most of us might be able to squeak out, "Trent, tracts, and the Jesuits!" Happily, the riches of the period won't be reined in by three words. ... http://staustinreview.com/2008/02/22/januaryfebruary-2008/ Faith & Popular Culture Select Articles from this Issue May the Force (so to speak) Be With You By Thomas Howard Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Film and the Culture of Death By Leonie Caldecott http://staustinreview.com/2007/12/28/novdec-2007/ Some mornings, when Lorraine and I arrive at the Theology library, the lights are still off in the basement book stacks. Peering through the doors into these catacombs, all you can see is gloom; the library was once a chapel, and the basement is mostly underground. Yellow hallway lights sculpt ... http://staustinreview.com/2007/12/06/gunning-for-glimmers/ I bought a new rain gauge. Since Atlanta is in the midst of the worst drought on record, I don’t know if this speaks more to my folly or to my faith. But with the coming of autumn and the lack of rainfall, I’ve gotten antsy. I’m wary. And somehow, measuring the mood ... http://staustinreview.com/2007/11/05/struck-sapless/ "It sounds kind of sad," the little girl said. It was sad. I was in a classroom full of middle schoolers. We had just learned to sing a very simple Gregorian chant, a setting of the Sanctus. And despite the fact that this was a Catholic school, neither the music teacher nor any of ... http://staustinreview.com/2007/10/04/sad-but-beautiful/ The phone rang. Thinking it was a friend returning my call, I picked up rather than letting the answering machine take a message. The voice on the other end explained that I didn't know him, but that he and his wife were the owners of a house Lorraine and I had ... http://staustinreview.com/2007/09/07/mystery-mercy-magic/ Though it's late in the afternoon, we couldn't let this day pass by without commemorating the feast of St. Augustine of Hippo. He's also known as St. Austin. The Golden Legend gives an exposition of both forms of the name, with a wonderful and absolute disregard for mere etymology (which ... http://staustinreview.com/2007/08/28/always-come-back-for-the-feast/ If this were a choose-your-own-adventure, your possible responses to coming upon the newly redesigned St. Austin Review site would be: A) "Where am I?" B) "Well, it's about time!" C) "Wait just a minute. This isn't the boxes-in-boxes layout I remember. Foul play?" Of course, if this were a choose-your-own-adventure, you'd have already gone ... http://staustinreview.com/2007/08/01/moving-in-the-new-star-site/