Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Sacrifices of War
War and the American Difference: Theological Reflections on Violence and National Identity ? by Stanley Hauerwas Baker…
The Divine Music of Mathematics
It is consoling to think that the emotions that music arouses in us have something to do…
Graveside Praise
Preaching Death: The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons by lucy bregman baylor, 263 pages, $24.95 If thirty…
Man the Religious Animal
Are human beings naturally religious? Should we take religion to be in some way an innate, instinctive,…
God Save the Queen
On February 6, Queen Elizabeth II marked her diamond jubilee, an achievement that Great Britain will celebrate…
The Inertia of Reputation
I managed—aided by a combination of piteous entreaties, furious threats, and the occasional application of the lash—to…
Letters
developing status Christopher Kaczor (“Equal Rights, Unequal Wrongs,” August/September) echoes a fallacious argument now popular among pro-life…
The One Percent
In an important new book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, Charles Murray observes that…
Radical Revelries
American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation ? by Michael Kazin Knopf, 329 pages, $27.95 Radical…
Our Stories and God’s
The Sense of an Ending ?by Julian Barnes ?Knopf, 163 pages, $23.95 n You’re not the person…
St. Clare of Assisi
Her parents tired of locking her up before she tired of running away. Love mocks the locksmith,…
All Gone
quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis ”Catullus, 7 Silph-bearing Cyrenaica, said a poet, Alluding to…
Obama’s Freedom Deficit
During the first three years of the Obama administration, the federal government has dramatically turned against religious…
In Defense of Religious Freedom
Eighteen years ago, this fellowship of Evangelical and Catholic pastors, theologians, and educators was formed to deepen…
Presbyterianism’s Democratic Captivity
There was a time when the Presbyterian Church’s voice mattered, when its witness informed and transformed American…
