A Muddled ‘Real Ivanov’ Strains for Modern Resonance
By ELYSA GARDNER
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Efforts by the Vatican to walk back the Pope’s reception of Kim Davis remind us of nothing so much as Tom Lehrer’s “Vatican Rag.” Lehrer, a Jewish liberal, was ribbing the Church at a time of liberalization. It’s not that he was, so far as we can deduce, against liberalization. It’s more that once one starts down the road of liberalization, the logic of other things grows clouded, no doubt more than intended. It’s fun to imagine what Lehrer would have made of the current contretemps.
By ELYSA GARDNER
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By CARL ROLLYSON
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By BENNY AVNI
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By DANIEL McCARTHY
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By GEORGE WILLIS
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By WILL FRIEDWALD
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By THE NEW YORK SUN
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By THE NEW YORK SUN
|Efforts by the Vatican to walk back the Pope’s reception of Kim Davis remind us of nothing so much as Tom Lehrer’s “Vatican Rag.” Lehrer, a Jewish liberal, was ribbing the Church at a time of liberalization. It’s not that he was, so far as we can deduce, against liberalization. It’s more that once one starts down the road of liberalization, the logic of other things grows clouded, no doubt more than intended. It’s fun to imagine what Lehrer would have made of the current contretemps.
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