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Thinking Through Vatican II

George Weigel

History of Vatican II: Volume II, The Formation of the Council’s Identity, First Period and Intersession, October…

The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education

Philip Gleason

The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education by d. g. g. hart johns hopkins…

The Book of Heaven: An Anthology of Writings from Ancient to Modern Times

Jeffrey Burton Russell

The Book of Heaven: An Anthology of Writings from Ancient to Modern Times edited by carol and…

Poetry

Various

From fairest creatures we desire increase That being fat they may before they die Have such avoirdupois…

Poetry

Various

A part of us is always praying for those things the other parts don’t know that they…

Hitler, the War, and the Pope

John Jay Hughes

Hitler, the War, and the Pope by ronald j. rychlak genesis press, 296 pages, $9.35 Amid the…

Technicians of Learning

Edward Tingley

Modern institutions talk about themselves. When a corporation refashions itself—undergoes a complete makeover not merely to look…

Hispanic/Latino Identity

J. L. A. Garcia

Hispanic/Latino Identity: A Philosophical Perspective by jorge j. e. gracia wiley-blackwell, 255 pages, $32.60 The controversy in…

The Cultural Revolution of Fascism

Brian C. Anderson

The Fascist Revolution: Toward a General Theory of Fascism by george l. mosse howard fertig, 230 pages,…

How We Got Here

Richard John Neuhaus

So David Frum sends me his new book, with the inscription, “Hope you like this one better…

The Church and the City

M. Francis Mannion

Since the official validation of Christianity in the fourth century, ecclesiastical leaders have built places of worship…

Two Boats, a Helicopter & Stem Cells

Russell E. Saltzman

Remember the story of the guy who died in the flood? A Red Cross boat had come…

Proposing Courtship

Amy A. Kass and Leon R. Kass

Anyone interested in improving relations between men and women today and tomorrow must proceed by taking a…

Letter from Budapest

Richard Grenier

Murderous cruise missiles crash into factories, office buildings, farm houses, all just across the border in Serbia,…

Who is My Friend?

Gilbert Meilaender

Friendship in the Classical World by david konstan cambridge university press, 224 pages, $38.12 Among the “first…