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Catholicism as the Other

Christopher Shannon

Martin Scorseseโ€™s recent film The Gangs of New York takes us back to a time when religion, not race, set the terms for ethno-cultural conflict in America. The film...

Rising from the Ashes

Christopher Shannon

Angelaโ€™s Ashes by Frank McCourt Scribner, 364 pages, $25 Early last November, high in the Catskills, I attended a celebration of Irish music and dance, the Green Linnet Twentieth...