The inaugural issue of The New Pantagruel has been published, so now you will have more on which to base an opinion. The issue includes ruminations on what it will mean to think and act Christianly from the belly of an empire by Eugene McCarraher; an exploration of the movie The Passion and the various reactions it has generated by Patton Dodd; an essay by Christopher Shannon on the early work of Ivan Illich in New York City which provided the basis for Illich's later critique of development and modernization, and inspired his own program for de-Yankification at Cuernavaca; new book reviews by Bruce Berglund and Joshua Hochschild, and much more.

You can enjoy all of this at http://www.newpantagruel.com.

I hope you enjoy and engage this material.

Clay