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War Cries in Cuba
The military junta that rules Cuba has just received a great shock. For the first time since Fidel Castro created a totalitarian communist dictatorship six decades ago, thousands of...
Forged in Fire
Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedomby robert louis wilken yale, 248 pages, $26 Among secularists, Christianity is associated with intolerance, largely because its...
Paradoxical Francis
Francis of Assisi: A New Biography by Augustine Thompson, O.P. Cornell, 312 pages, $29.95 One of the most remarkable legends in the life of St. Francis of Assisi”and one...
Waking Up to Death
In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief by James l. Kugel Free Press, 256 pages, $26 Whether we like it or not, death is...