Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Countercultural Christians
Understanding Fundmentalism and Evangelicalism by george m. marsden eerdmans, 206 pages, $12.95 Evangelicalism and fundamentalism continue to…
Looking at Islam After Kipling and Hesse
Books on Islam, we are told, are enjoying brisk sales. For reasons related to the imperialist past…
My Mother, the Expert
When I was a sophomore in high school in Colorado in the late 1950s, I was required,…
Money
I It took him 20 years to reach the top,but he made it, CEO, a winner, just…
Gimme that New Age Religion
The Cosmic Self: A Penetrating Look at Today’s New Age Movements by ted peters harpercollins, 221 pages,…
New Hope for the Family?
Rebuilding the Nest: A New Commitment to the American Family edited by david blankenhorn, steven bayme, and…
Man, Woman, and Public Policy
Our topic is sexual identity and the meaning of gender in elite public discourse. Few topics are…
Not a Poem
Old people can’t write poetry. Only those who think and live and feel and praise and swear and fight…
Home Alone: The Plight of Children
When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children by Sylvia Annn Hewlett Basic Books, 341…
The State Casino: Doing Wrong to Do Good
Only a few years ago it seemed that religious and other civic leaders could be counted on…
Beyond Modernity
After Ideology: Recovering the Spiritual Foundation of Freedom by David Walsh HarperSanFrancisco, 296 pages, $29.95 In this…
The University in Moral Shambles
The good news is that more people are paying attention to the bad news. In the past…
War Games
Summertime on Mama Bell’s back stoop,it always started with someone saying, “Your mama don’t wear no drawers”—school kids…
Not the Worst of Times—Or the Best
The First Universal Nation: Leading Indicators and Ideas About the Surge of America in the 1990s by…
Pop Goes the Culture
We made a mistake in a recent public symposium by saying, in response to a question, that…
