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Heated Debate Over Climate Marcuse had it right—science is no neutral arbiter of truth. That goes for the scientist arguing that humans are a major force in global warming and those who argue they aren’t. Thomas Derr (“The Politics of Global Warming,” August/September) illustrates this . . . . Continue Reading »

Benedict XVI: The Man Who Was Ratzinger by michael s. rose spence, 182 pages, $22.95 The author of Goodbye, Good Men, a scathing and much discussed account of homosexuality in American seminaries, provides a frequently astute evaluation of what might be expected from the new pontificate. Rose’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Living Religious Lives Permit me to add my own experience in support of “The Life and Death of Religious Life” by Fr. Benedict Groeschel (June/July). In the early 1970s, at age twenty-one, I found the courage to take the leap from Conservative Judaism into the Catholic Church. As one can . . . . Continue Reading »

The Physics of Christianity by frank j. tipler doubleday, 320 pages, $27.50 People who do research in fundamental physics often receive manuscripts in the mail from crackpots who think they have unlocked the secrets of the cosmos. The Physics of Christianity is in the same genre—and made . . . . Continue Reading »

The Politics of Abortion by Anne Hendershott Encounter, 190 pages, $25 To understand the modern American abortion debate, one needs to know much more than just the relevant competing ethical arguments. For the abortion issue is greatly influenced by politics”the politics of power, money, and . . . . Continue Reading »

Getting Immigration Right Peter C. Meilaender’s thoughts on immigration policy (“Immigration: Citizens & Strangers,” May) are careful, balanced”and devoid of any biblical, prophetic passion for the poor strangers among us. Meilaender concludes we must “weigh . . . . Continue Reading »

Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in Modern Adolescence by Mark D. Regnerus Oxford Univ. Press, 304 pages, $25 Forbidden Fruit dares to go where no social-science volume has gone before”from the church to the parking lot, and all the way into the backseat of a car. Mark D. Regnerus, a . . . . Continue Reading »

Salt and LightI was deeply moved by Sally Thomas’ article about her experience as a homeschooling mother (“Schooling at Home,” April). Her description of the order of her children’s days was inspiring; she seems to have constructed a truly Christ-centered learning . . . . Continue Reading »

Jihad or Bust Mustafa Akyol believes that “the main obstacle to Christian religious freedom in Turkey is not Islam but Turkish nationalism and laïcité ” (“Render Unto Atatürk,” March). And regarding the “verses of the sword” in the Qur’an, . . . . Continue Reading »

Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life by Paul F. M. Zahl Eerdmans, 267 pages, $18 The Anglican theologian Paul Zahl, who is currently dean of the only conservative evangelical Episcopalian seminary in the United States, is hard to pin down. I use the terms conservative and evangelical . . . . Continue Reading »