Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Address to the Manger
Sleep, infant, sleep among the oxen and the sheep which kneel before your manger. Welcome to danger.…
Faith in a Time of Faithlessness
They are lovely, your orange slices and peignoirs, and especially that green cockatoo, but why, poet, limit…
Lutheran in Limbo
Because of Christ: Memoirs of a Lutheran Theologianby carl e. braaten eerdmans, 210 pages, $18 Lutherans are…
While We’re At It
• Remember the alliance of atheists who offered to take care of your pets in the event…
Letters
THE UPWARD CURVE If readers agree with Joseph Bottum, as I do, that American print standards are…
The Apologists
The Flight of the Intellectuals by paul berman melville house, 304 pages, $26 Paul Berman’s 2003 book…
Why We Didn’t Overcome
Freedom Is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report and America’s Struggle over Black Family Life from LBJ to…
Pullman Sleeper
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by philip pullman canongate, 256 pages, $24 Teenage sex…
The Seven Deadly Sins
Forget about the other six, says Pride. They’re only using you. Admittedly, Lust is a looker, but…
Saro’s Love Song
In May 2010, the body of Zardasht Osman, a twenty-three-year-old journalist who wrote under the name “Saro…
Letters
Surviving Obamacare Joseph Bottum (“Bad Medicine,” May 2010) is too sanguine in his thoughts about what happens…
Knotwork Medallion
What did you see in the walnut? Horses all harnessed criss-cross And a soldier wearing the credits…
For the Black Cat Encountering Consequences
As wild and callous as you are, by rights You should be banished outside to the ditch,…
Review of Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries
n Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries BY STEPHEN KLIMCZUK AND GERALD WARNER STERLING, 272 PAGES, $19.95 nn An…
The Lost Dimension
n The 3-D explosion in Hollywood may add depth to the screen, but Armond White argues that…
