American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
From Myth to History and Back
Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Troublesome Geniusby William R. Shea and Marliano Artigas.Oxford University…
Johnny of the Cross
In the world of popular music, one generally becomes a “legend” only in death—as if death accomplishes…
A Bible for Everyone
One summer years ago, I attended a conference that met at Princeton Theological Seminary; we participants stayed…
Jobs and Babies
It seems that most people who write about the joys and challenges of childrearing today are parents…
Summer’s End
Yesterday stealing from the sun dandelions lit the shaded path briefly. Now they’re gone. Hurry through faded…
Pym Wins
The Book Against God by James Wood Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. 257 pp. $24. James Wood is…
The Bigot’s Opera
The Commander enters the living room carrying a big black Bible. He reads Genesis 30:1-3 to his…
The Secular City Redux
The Public Square There are in the press repeated references to “the rapidly growing lay protest movement,…
November Letters
Harsh Realities or Handy Myths? In “The Women of Roe v. Wade ” (June/July) Mary Ann Glendon’s…
The Making of a Killer
Harvard and the Unabomber: The Education of an American Terrorist. by Alston Chase W.W. Norton. 432 pp.…
The Episcopalian Preference
On August 5, 2003, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), following initial action…
Tolkien and the Gift of Mortality
When I started reading The Lord of the Rings as an undergraduate, I was half-embarrassed to be…
Postmodernist Ecumenism
The Church in a Postliberal Age by George A. Lindbeck edited by James J. Buckley Eerdmans, 300…
Waking from the Dead
Terry Wallis recently woke up. For most of us, this would not be news. But for Terry…
The Marriage Amendment
Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.…
