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Huxley: From Devil’s Disciple to Evolution’s High Priest. By Adrian Desmond. Addison-Wesley. 848 pages, $37.50.Thomas Henry Huxley more than earned his reputation as “Darwin’s Bulldog,” yet surprisingly he never fully accepted Darwin’s theory of natural selection. He was not convinced . . . . Continue Reading »

Church and World That Robert Benne wonders (“The Neo-Augustinian Temptation,” March) why Stanley Hauerwas and friends write so glowingly about “ecclesial realities” is likely due to Mr. Benne’s deficient grasp of ecclesiology, which he characterizes as “that . . . . Continue Reading »

The Girard Reader. Edited by James G. Williams. Crossroad/Herder. 310 pages, $39.95 cloth, $19.95 paper.It is entirely possible that René Girard is one of the most important Christian thinkers now alive. It is certain that he is one of the most fascinating. In a biographical interview he gave in . . . . Continue Reading »

Christianity, Judaism, and Anti-Semitism I was unsurprised by Richard John Neuhaus’ negative reaction to my book Please Don’t Wish Me a Merry Christmas: A Critical History of the Separation of Church and State (“On Not Permitting the Other to be Other,” Public Square, . . . . Continue Reading »

The Flight from Science and Reason. Edited by Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt, and Martin W. Lewis. New York Academy of Sciences/Johns Hopkins University Press. 593 pages, $19.95 paper. This book contains the proceedings of a conference of the same title sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences, . . . . Continue Reading »

Salad Bowl Religion As a former student of Professor Jon D. Levenson’s and an ordained Orthodox rabbi, I should be the last person to take serious issue with his thought-provoking piece on “The Problem with Salad Bowl Religion” (December 1997). But I do. First, there is the . . . . Continue Reading »

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Marian Mischief? I am flattered that Richard John Neuhaus has commented not once but twice (While We’re At It, November and December 1997) on my Newsweek cover story on the Virgin Mary. In that story we reported the international petition campaign, signed by millions of Roman Catholics, . . . . Continue Reading »

Darwinism as Science and Philosophy I am pleased that you published the essay by Phillip E. Johnson entitled “The Unraveling of Scientific Materialism” (November 1997), because now I can understand exactly what Mr. Johnson’s quarrel with evolutionary theory in general, and with . . . . Continue Reading »

This statement, originally titled “A Christian Women’s Declaration,” was issued on September 16, 1997 by the Ecumenical Coalition of Women and Society, a project of the Washington-based Institute on Religion and Democracy. It is reproduced here with the permission of IRD © . . . . Continue Reading »