A nation must think before it acts.
E. Ann Matter is Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University. Her books include The Voice of My Beloved: The Song of Songs in Western Medieval Christianity (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990); Creative Women in Medieval and Early Modern Italy: A Religious and Artistic Renaissance, co-editor with John Coakley (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994); and The Medieval Liturgy: Essays for Teachers, co-editor with Thomas Heffernan (Medieval Institute Press, forthcoming).