Theology
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Spending the Future
The Legitimacy of Philanthropic Foundations: United States and European Perspectives edited by kenneth prewitt et al. russell…
On the Recent Publication of Kahlil Gibran’s COLLECTED WORKS
I Expansive and yet vacuous is the prose of Kahlil Gibran, And weary grows the mind doomed…
Briefly Noted 209
The Physics of Christianity by frank j. tipler doubleday, 320 pages, $27.50 People who do research in…
Our Dip in the Rift Valley
We never heard what my mate heard descending to the Dead Sea by bus: a jet fighter…
November Letters
Living Religious Lives Permit me to add my own experience in support of “The Life and Death…
Conscience and Authority
Nothing is more common in life than a seeming tension between the freedom of individuals and the…
The Next President
Nat Hentoff From the beginning, so very long ago, of the 2008 presidential campaign, many of the…
As Long As They Spell Our Names Right
As Long As They Spell Our Names Right We are incessantly told that we live in a…
A Decidedly Unsappy Bella
Chick flicks are the caramel-lattés of romantic comedy¯sweet and frothy, without much nutritional value. Chick flicks reheat…
That Evangelical Crackup
All Souls Day, November 2, is for the ordinary folk. The “faithful departed” means all our brothers…
Woe to Those Who Call Evil Good
Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor, said on more than…
The Nature and Grace of the Family; Godself, Her/Himself, and the Story of Salvation; The Dubious Authority of Gay Experience
Work hard, play by the rules, and go to church. The result will be that, by every…
Purpose: Biological, Biblical, or Both?
In one of his early books, Untimely Meditations , Friedrich Nietzsche spins a tale that, in paraphrase,…
An Alien Grace
Dr. Who , television’s longest-running science fiction show, has returned to planet Earth after battling near extinction.…
Life, the University, and Everything
There are questions so big they’re almost laughable. What is the meaning of life? for instance. We’ve…