Theology
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Waking Up to Death
In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief by James l. Kugel Free…
The Heavy Eyelids of Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud set himself apart. For several decades, until his death this past July, the English painter…
La Vita Nuova, Sonnet 40
Oh, pilgrims walking by oblivious, your minds, it seems, on something not at hand, can you have…
A Free Speech Year at the Court
The Supreme Court completed its 2010 term at the end of June with no blockbusters, few surprises,…
And There’s Another Country
What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song edited by Amy A.…
Is Their God Ours?
Allah: A Christian Response by Miroslav Volf HarperOne, 336 pages, $25.99 n The thesis Miroslav Volf defends…
Richard John Neuhaus and the Priestly Vocation
Twenty years ago today, on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Richard John…
Political Calendar
Spring like a popular insurrection rises against a winter government’s assizes; gone mad by June, its liberality…
Enlightening Judaism
Faith and Freedom: Moses Mendelssohn’s Theological-Political Thought by Michah Gottlieb Oxford, 209 pages, $55 Jewish historians used…
Protected in Law, Cared for in Life
In one of his last major public addresses, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus declared that “until every human…
Confecting Evidence
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by brant pitre doubleday, 240 pages, $21.99 A vibrant…
Briefly Noted
God and the Art of Happiness by Ellen T. Charry Eerdmans, 311 pages, $35 Princeton Theological Seminary…
The Enduring Irving Kristol
I cannot claim to have known the late Irving Kristol very well. But each encounter was memorable,…
Sexual Economics
Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying by Mark Regnerus and…
Letters—Aug/Sept 2011
Avarice and Eden Edward Skidelsky believes that our materialist culture tempts people to do too much productive…
