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Fleeting Light
Voltaire in Exile by Ian Davidson Grove, 326 pp. $24 If a person of faith troubles to…
Complexifying Evil
The French adage has it wrong: to understand all is not to forgive all. But it is…
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Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians. By F. E. Peters. Princeton University Press. 285 pp. $28.…
A Triple Agent in South Dakota
The Degaev Affair: Terror and Treason in Tsarist Russia By Richard Pipes Yale University Press. 153 pp.…
Revolutionary Perspectives
To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders by bernard bailyn knopf,…
The Case Against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care
The ongoing public debate over the legalization of assisted suicide draws participants whose primary concern is not…
Pius XII and the Holocaust: Understanding the Controversy and Popes and Politics: Reform, Resentment, and the Holocaust
The ongoing debate about Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) and his actions (or lack of actions) in…
Case for the Prosecution
The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican’s Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism By David L.…
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Dante. By R. W. B. Lewis. Viking. 205 pp. $19.95Dante: A Life in Works. By Robert Hollander.…
All Shook Up: Music, Passion, and Politics
Are there prizes for titles and dust jackets? If so, Spence Publishing should win them both for…
Pluralism in Philosophy: Changing the Subject
John Kekes has written a book that will provoke readers. It will stir up their interest, lead…
Sovereign Virtue
Ronald Dworkin, the Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and the Quain Professor…
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Journal of a Soul: The Autobiography of Pope John XXIII translated by dorothy white image/doubleday, 509 pages,…
Cultural Breakthroughs
A while back there was a story in the Times expressing puzzlement as to why there was…
The Trouble With Principle
The Trouble With Principle by stanley fish harvard university press, 336 pages, $20.06 “For all the radical…
