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The Problem with N. T. Wright’s Abortion Remarks

Sebastian Milbank

Anglican theologian and former bishop of Durham N. T. Wright has landed himself in hot water following remarks that abortion is acceptable in “some circumstances,” such as rape, incest,...

Goethe’s Bargain

Sebastian Milbank

Goethe:His Faustian Lifeby a. n. wilsonbloomsbury, 416 pages, $35 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is among the most confusing and compelling of all European figures, but one thing everyone can...

Damaged Goods

Sebastian Milbank

Mortal Goods: Reimagining Christian Political Duty by ephraim radner baker, 280 pages, $36.99 What is the purpose of the Christian life? Or of any life? Ephraim Radner proposes an...

Deadly Virtues

Sebastian Milbank

We live in a divided age. My country of Britain increasingly exhibits the same sort of partisanship that wracks America. It can be hard to witness the bitter divisions...