Sofia 104

June 2012

Church: A Common Treasury?

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Editorial

Covers

  • Front cover image :  Samuel Palmer,Coming from Evening Church. Tate Gallery.
  • Back cover image :  Fr Ernesto Cardenal about to celebrate Mass in a Sandinista camp. Photo: Julio Valle-Castillo archive.

Articles and Features

Poetry

  • Spem in Alium by Janet Simon
  • Revenge by Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy
  • What Survives by Christopher Hampton

Reviews

  • Autobiography: Alison McRobb reviews Leaving Alexandria by Richard Holloway
  • History: Dominic Kirkham reviews Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
  • Religion: David Hatton reviews Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
  • Poetry: Christopher Truman reviews Child: New and Selected Poems 1991-2011 by Mimi Khalvati

Regulars and Occasionals

  • Letters
  • SOF Sift by Carol Palfrey
  • Radio Rockall
  • Cicely Herbert on The Joys of Singing