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Divorcing Marriage: Unveiling the Dangers in Canada’s New Social Experiment. Edited by Daniel Cere & Douglas Farrow. McGill-Queen’s University Press. 208 pp. $22.95 paper. “Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as . . . . Continue Reading »

Duel over Dualism Dualists hold that the human person consists of both a soul (or mind) and a body. For healthy, fully-functioning human beings, the person is a unified subject, but at times such as physical death, dualists hold that persons (souls or minds) can survive the destruction of their . . . . Continue Reading »

John Buridan: Portrait of a Fourteenth-Century Arts Master. By Jack Zupko. University of Notre Dame Press. 550 pp. $40 paper. Jack Zupko of Emory University is from the Cornell school of medieval philosophy. These scholars see it as their mission to explain to today’s analytic philosophers why . . . . Continue Reading »

Laughing Matters I am gratified that much of my assessment of Kierkegaard’s humor is confirmed by a critic as distinguished and rigorous as David B. Hart (see “The Laughter of the Philosophers,” January). In his critique, Mr. Hart has focused intently on a single sentence concerning . . . . Continue Reading »

An Examined Faith: The Grace of Self-Doubt By James M. Gustafson Fortress. 119 pp. $15 paper. America’s senior Protestant ethicist here gives us another volume that ought not to pass without due appreciation and due concern. In this collection of recent lectures James Gustafson continues his . . . . Continue Reading »

A Moral Moment Missed? Richard John Neuhaus’ “Internationalisms” (Public Square, December 2004) fails to discuss the current war in terms of just war theory, which include just cause, right intention, competent authority, reasonable chance of success, proportionality of ends, and . . . . Continue Reading »

Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies. By David T. Koyzis. InterVarsity. 281 pp. $18 paper. Koyzis’ book sounds two basic themes”that “ideologies” are necessarily idolatrous and that “Christian democracy” offers . . . . Continue Reading »

Science and Climate Change I am writing to express my disappointment with Thomas Sieger Derr’s “Strange Science” (November 2004).While I agree with Professor Derr that the science on global warming is uncertain, the conclusions he draws from the data are irresponsible. Prof. Derr . . . . Continue Reading »

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason By Sam Harris W.W. Norton 256pp. $24.95 Sam Harris, who took his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Stanford University, endeavors here to accomplish in brief compass the following goals: to discredit all forms of religious faith as . . . . Continue Reading »

Canadian Conservatives? Raymond J. de Souza’s “Unsettling Canada” (October 2004) contains solid hints about why social conservatives continue to forge ill-advised alliances with political conservatives. However, in noting the weakened position of social conservatives within . . . . Continue Reading »