American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Taking Dialogue Seriously
The Diversity of Religions: A Christian Perspective by j. a. dinoia, o.p. catholic university press, 200 pages,…
A Contested Legacy
John Courtney Murray and the American Civil Conversation edited by robert p. hunt and kenneth l. grasso…
Taking Fundamentalism Seriously
Fundamentalisms Observed edited by martin e. marty and r. scott appleby university of chicago press, 872 pages,…
Niebuhr the Teacher
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
Slowly: out of that sleep that numbs the knife edge, I come home to a various world,…
The Use and Abuse of Freud
Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud’s Theory on American Thought and Culture by e. fuller torrey,…
Tokyo Rain
With our cameras and crumpled clothes we wait for the bus. We rush to each “beauty spot”…
When Shepherds Are Sheep
A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops by Thomas J. Reese Sheed & Ward,…
The Ruling “We” Of The American Jewish Congress
The Public Square Some writers on the First Amendment, including this editor, have long made the argument…
Letters—February 1993
Abortion Wars (cont.) I read “Abortion and a Nation at War” in your October 1992 issue with…
Where You Lead I Will Follow?
Several observers have pointed out the increasing gap in social and political attitudes and theological commitments between…
The Brown-Headed Cowbird
There has always been a segment of the American population that wants to dump the “Star Spangled…
The Haunted Mr. Hawthorne
Salem Is My Dwelling Place: A Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne by edward haviland miller university of iowa…
The New Liberal Racism
Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, and Unequal by andrew hacker scribner’s, 272 pages, $24.95 The…
Why Animals Came in from the Cold
The Covenant of the Wild: Why Animals Choose Domestication by steven budiansky morrow, 190 pages, $18 Having…
