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Creating a solitary requirement to mandate the study of such a personal and sensitive topic is counterproductive despite the Task Force’s best intentions of trying to encourage students “to become more self-conscious about their own beliefs and values” and “to become more informed and reflective citizens.” It will only generate controversy about whether it should be studied, taking away from its educational value and turning a well-intentioned requirement into a hoop for students to jump through...
...principles shared by people of all faiths and none. And we should be able to distinguish both the discourse of faith and citizenship from the critical and deliberative discourse of academic study and scholarship. The academic study of reason and faith should enable us all to be more conscious of our own multivocality—as scholars, citizens, and as people of faith or ardent secularists...
...Footloose,” in which popular tunes from the movie were sung by actors on stage. It might even have worked with a heavy dash of irony, in the vein of “Urinetown” or “Avenue Q,” self-conscious about the ridiculousness of musical theater. But instead, the minds behind “High Fidelity” attempt to make Hornby’s decidedly shiftless and self-centered protagonist sing enthused anthems about slackerdom and genuine ballads about his (poor) treatment of women...
...this sounds a little bit like “Thriller,” well, it should: the band is clearly referencing the milestone Michael Jackson video, falling somewhere between pastiche and parody. The self-conscious (dare I say postmodern?) cannibalism of such elements makes for an interesting although not thoroughly engrossing video. While they can’t match the King of Pop visually, they’re musically so far ahead of the curve that it doesn’t matter...
...drive a hundred miles to find a priest with permission will be thrilled. More theologically liberal Catholics, however, may see it as a Lefebvrite-tinged step back from the principles they feel inspired Vatican II. "This would make it much more difficult for people to engage in full conscious and active participation, which was the goal of the Council," says Rev. James Martin, an editor at the Jesuit magazine America. Congregations could theoretically split on the issue, and many current priests would have to learn the old Mass (and more Latin, if they wanted to understand...