American Politics

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Social Ethics in a Post-Socialist World

Peter L. Berger

The title of these observations contains two assumptions—that now is indeed a post-socialist era and that there…

The Providence of Books

Stephanie Weller Hanson

“It is sometimes given to us, this lovely emptiness, and then the Holy Spirit can fill it…

Taking Dialogue Seriously

Roger Kimball

The Diversity of Religions: A Christian Perspective by j. a. dinoia, o.p. catholic university press, 200 pages,…

A Contested Legacy

James Finn

John Courtney Murray and the American Civil Conversation edited by robert p. hunt and kenneth l. grasso…

Taking Fundamentalism Seriously

S. Mark Heim

Fundamentalisms Observed edited by martin e. marty and r. scott appleby university of chicago press, 872 pages,…

Niebuhr the Teacher

Matthew Berke

Professor Reinhold Niebuhr: A Mentor to the Twentieth Century by ronald h. stone westminster/john knox press, 284…

Intense Transforming Care: On the Way Back

Marion Montgomery

Slowly: out of that sleep that numbs the knife edge, I come home to a various world,…

The Use and Abuse of Freud

Paul C. Vitz

Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud’s Theory on American Thought and Culture by e. fuller torrey,…

Tokyo Rain

B. R. Strahan

With our cameras and crumpled clothes we wait for the bus. We rush to each “beauty spot”…

When Shepherds Are Sheep

George Weigel

A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops by Thomas J. Reese Sheed & Ward,…

The Ruling “We” Of The American Jewish Congress

Richard John Neuhaus

The Public Square Some writers on the First Amendment, including this editor, have long made the argument…

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Abortion Wars (cont.) I read “Abortion and a Nation at War” in your October 1992 issue with…

Where You Lead I Will Follow?

Amy L. Sherman

Several observers have pointed out the increasing gap in social and political attitudes and theological commitments between…

The Brown-Headed Cowbird

George A. Tobin

There has always been a segment of the American population that wants to dump the “Star Spangled…

Homosexuality in Uniform: Is It Time?

Eugene T. Gomulka

The author released the original version of this position paper concerning U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) policy…