Judaism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Death on a Friday Afternoon
Exploration into God is exploration into darkness, into the heart of darkness. Yes, to be sure, God…
Either Way, Amalek Must Die: A Passover Meditation
During the Passover Seder, Jews recite the following verse from Jeremiah 10:25: “Pour out your wrath on…
Realigning Jewish Peoplehood
On July 22, 2007, the New York Times ran an article by Harvard law professor Noah Feldman…
No Friend in Jesus
I cannot conceive an argument with John’s Jesus,” Jacob Neusner once wrote, “because eternal Israel in John…
A Changed Stem Cell Debate
Sometimes political discussions get so bogged down that people’s views get set in stone. With advocates on…
The World and the Holy Grail
For some time now, I’ve been reading Bill Bryson’s terrific 2003 book, A Short History of Nearly…
Theology and Civil Authority in Time of War
Two fine recent articles by evangelical scholars serve to highlight a problem I have mentioned before in…
The Competence of Bishops, Once More
On July 31, I posted here ” A Respectful Word on Episcopal Competence .” Bishop Thomas Wenski…
Is Amnesty International Incoherent?
Ryan Anderson argued persuasively last week that Amnesty International’s new position on abortion laws makes AI effectively…
Limbo and the Gospel Out of Season
Back in October, I wrote in this space about how the Vatican’s International Theological Commission (ITC) was…
Faithful Reason About Stem Cells
Two years ago, William Saletan¯Slate.com’s science reporter¯compared the typical approaches of Jewish and Catholic thinkers to bioethical…
Language, Truth, and Murder
The Right Attitude to Rain by alexander mccall smith pantheon, 288 pages, $21.95 Hard to believe that,…
T.S. Eliot, Mother Teresa, and the Children of Darkness
Whatever the merits or demerits of Craig Raine’s new biography, T.S. Eliot , and Terry Eagleton thinks…
Prostitutes for the Disabled
Here’s a very sad story from Great Britain . Twenty-two-year-old Nick Wallis suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy,…
Death and Lectures
I’ll be lecturing in Baltimore on Monday, January 29, and in Denver on Tuesday, February 6. You…
