Arts & Letters

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The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion

Ernan McMullin

The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion by mariano artigas templeton foundation press, 384 pages,…

Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion

Steve Bruce

Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion by rodney stark and roger finke university of…

The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism

Edward T. Oakes

The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism by phillip e. johnson ivp, 192 pages, $16.48…

The Dangers of Dickerson

Various

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Arguing Israel and the Holocaust

David Novak

It seems unavoidable that history will always link the reestablishment of the State of Israel with the…

Animal Rights

Various

David R. Carlin presents a believable argument in the first few paragraphs of “ Rights, Animal and…

Legal Theories Nobody Believes

Steven D. Smith

The Warren Court and American Politics by lucas a. powe, jr. harvard university press, 566 pages, $22.87…

The Pope in Israel

Various

Correspondence (November 2000) Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 107 (November 2000): 2-8. The Pope in Israel It…

Goo–Goo Time

James Nuechterlein

We are in the heart of an election season, which means we are also deep in goo“goo…

How Intelligent Is Intelligent Design?

Various

How Intelligent Is Intelligent Design? Stephen C. Meyer’s article “DNA and Other Designs” (April) captures the heart…

Player in a Cosmic Drama

Charlotte Allen

Pontius Pilate by ann wroe random house, 433 pages, $16.43 Next to Julius Caesar, Pontius Pilate–the governor…

The Limits of Natural Teleology

William A. Dembski

Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by robert wright vintage, 448 pages, $17.67 In Nonzero Robert Wright…

Love and Sex

Various

Love and Sex I am disappointed in Gilbert Meilaender’s review of Eugene Rogers’ book Sexuality and the…

Systematic Theology: Volumes I & II

Wolfhart Pannenberg

Systematic Theology: Volume 1: The Triune God by robert w. jenson oxford university press, 256 pages, $46.89…

Briefly Noted — 04/00

Various

James Joyce: A Life by edna o’brien viking/penguin, 179 pages, $14 This entry in the Penguin Lives…