Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Faust in the USSR
The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin. Putnam. 354 pp. $24.95. Olga Grushin, a young Russian-born…
Principled Immigration
Not for the first time, the world finds itself in an age of great movements of peoples.…
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Designer Evolution: A Transhumanist Manifesto by simon youngprometheus, 417 pages, $28 The Singularity is Near: When Humans…
Jews and the World to Come
n 2004, on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition,” correspondent Nina Totenberg declared, “Jews do not believe in…
The Churches of Earthly Power
Michael Burleigh’s study of European religion and politics requires us to imagine a very different Europe than…
RJN: 5.25.06 Today is Ascension Day…
Today is Ascension Day, a holy day of obligation. In some dioceses, the observance is transferred to…
RJN: 5.19.06 There really is something…
There really is something called the American Name Society. Kent Evans, who teaches psychology at Bellevue University…
JB: 5.19.06 We are pleased to…
We are pleased to announce that we have hired Anthony Sacramone to be the new Managing Editor…
RJN: 5.17.06 The Monday evening speech…
The Monday evening speech by President Bush was commendable in many ways. It is appropriate that he…
JB: 5.15.06 You probably read…
You probably read ” Suing the Church ,” an essay in the most recent issue of First…
RJN: 5.3.06 In last Sunday’s…
In last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine , Peter Beinart continued his musings about the Democratic Party…
Briefly Noted 5
The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Traditionby Huston Smith.HarperSanFrancisco, 160 pages, $22.95. Written toward the end of…
Bonhoeffer Today
Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, born in 1906 and martyred by the Nazis on April 9, 1945, well understood…
The Lilliputian Imagination
Life in the Undergrowthby David AtttenboroughPrinceton University Press, 288 pages, $29.95 There’s an ancient human dream to…
The Beginning of the Journey
Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue 1913–1922by alasdair macintyrerowman & littlefield, 224 pages, $25.95 In the summer of…