Arts & Letters
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Giotto’s Epiphany
Who before Giotto thought / to remove the king’s crown— / this first from the earth’s...
Christianity Comes to Northumbria
O mighty King, your versifying thane / Now takes his turn to speak of that campaign /…
Long Live the King
Bible: The Story of the King James Version, 1611–2011 by gordon campbell oxford, 256 pages, $24.95 Pen…
Address to the Manger
Sleep, infant, sleep / among the oxen and the sheep / which kneel before your manger. ...
Letters—October 2010
THE UPWARD CURVE If readers agree with Joseph Bottum, as I do, that American print standards are…
Faith in a Time of Faithlessness
They are lovely, your orange slices / and peignoirs, and especially that green / cockatoo, but why,…
Lutheran in Limbo
Lutherans are a theologically odd lot. They started the Reformation, but they have never felt entirely comfortable…
While We’re At It
• Remember the alliance of atheists who offered to take care of your pets in the event…
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…
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—Aug/Sept 2010
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...
