American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Generic Male, Endangered Gender?
“Just like a man!” The unspoken judgment trembled palpably on the airwaves as four powerful women—a television…
Social Ethics in a Post-Socialist World
The title of these observations contains two assumptions—that now is indeed a post-socialist era and that there…
The Providence of Books
. . . and it happens, too, / when words upon the printed page / fall into…
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 /…
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 /…
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…
Apology to Starlings
Starlings may mean more than we supposed, / Their ugliness but a guise / Hiding beauties too…
Maritain and the Jews
Shall we look for the deepest impulse toward that monstrosity—Christians who are anti-Semites? They are seeking an…
