The July / August issue of StAR is winging its way to the printers. The theme of the next issue, which will be available to subscribers at the beginning of July, is “The Middle Ages”.

Highlights of this power-packed issue include:

Paul J. Contino on Dante’s Divine Comedy: “The Pilgrim’s Path to Freedom”

Charles J. Kelly, Jr., on Catholic Piers Plowman

Michael Martin on The Holy Grail and the Eucharist

Sophia Mason discusses “Merlin the Not-Quite-Human” in relation to Mark Adderley’s Arthurian Trilogy

Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s regular film column compares “the Middle Ages and the Movie Age”

The regular full colour art feature is on Ruth Ballard’s iconography

Susan Treacy’s regular music column looks at “Hollywood and the Medieval Trumpet Fanfare”

James Bemis’ regular movie feature reviews the classic silent film, “The Passion of Joan of Arc”

Donald DeMarco muses philosophical in the quest to do justice to the notion of virtue

Regular columnist Fr. Benedict Kiely waxes indignant against the anti-Catholicism of the media

Patrick G. D. Riley pays tribute to the late Ralph McInerny

Ferdi McDermott “hallows the flesh” in his discusison of two recent art exhibitions in London

Kevin O’Brien engages the rules of chivalry

The book review section includes reviews of Through Shakespeare’s Eyes (Pearce), 111 Questions on Islam (Samir), The Testament of Cresseid (Henryson, transl. Heaney), Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives (Jones and Ereira), Knight of the Temple (Sadasivan), and A Little Guide for Your Last Days (Hendrix).

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