Questionable Accommodations David O’Brien laments that Andrew Bacevich “has unfortunately accepted from theologian Michael Baxter a version of the American Catholic story that emphasizes ‘accommodation’ to secular America” (Letters, January 13). If this is true, I’m flattered, for I find Bacevich’s assessment of the challenges of modernity to be perceptive, penetr (...)
Letters
Managing the dynamo; abortion; anti-Semitism on the prairie
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Thanks to Sister Beth McCormick for bringing attention to the excellent November 18, 2011 letter of Teresa Mottet "Can We Talk About Aborton?" I clicked it on and reread it. Thanks also to Paul Schaefer and Marian Ronan for their letters mentioning Reform Judaism. It seems that Orthodox, Conservative and Reform might be a better way to distinguish ourselves (or to label others) in discussions such as these -- better than liberal (or socialist, communist, leftie, pinko) and conservative (or rightie, facist, right wingnut). Discussions like this one, in Catholic periodicals, can get immediately and nastily political. Of course orthodox and conservative and reform might get confusing, as orthodox is more conservative than conservative. But new labels might take some of the politics out of religious discussions.