Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Population Bomb
Fatal Misconception by Matthew Connelly Belknap Press, 544 pages, $35 Unlike most young academics, who imagine that…
Revisionism
If you believe our liturgies, no marriage may be sundered, but lawyers say six-figure fees can fix…
Background Radiation
Grace bathes us Inside and out, most of it passing right through, Our neuron mesh not fine…
Air on the Side of Prudence
I think that I am suffering From post-neurotic stress disorder A random thought? an ordered world? or…
And His Name Shall Be Called Emmanuel
The One Who Is to Come by Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. Eerdmans, 224 pages, $18 Joseph Fitzmyer…
Bayside Immortals
San Francisco has not allowed burials within its city limits for over a century. Please come to…
Wrestling With an Angel
Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein by Hilary Putnam Indiana University Press,…
The Death of Protestant America
In 1994, after intense study, discussion, and prayer, we issued a statement titled “Evangelicals and Catholics Together:…
September Letters
The ABCs of AIDS The First Things article “AIDS and the Churches” underscores a sad reality in…
Saint-Séverin, II
With Notre-Dame, the Sacré-Coeur, and all the rest, obscure or famous”Trinity, Saint-Julian-the-Poor, Saint-Roch, Saint-Paul” it’s just another…
Ad Orientem
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by judith herrin princeton university press, 440 pages, $29.95…
Backyard Triumph
Truant from April chores I daydream in a chair beneath a tree that scatters its petals when…
June/July Letters
Wrights and WrongsI know the comments in the April 2008 issue weren’t a review of my recent…
Animal Psalms
The Skunk (Psalm 23) I am anointed too, brushed with his broad mark. He leads me safely…
Scandal and Canon Law
Before Dallas: The U.S. Bishops’ Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse of Children by Nicholas P. Cafardi Paulist,…
