Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Nasty and Nice in Politics and Religion
A half-truth is, more often than not, the half that we prefer to believe, or prefer that…
Jefferson’s Demons: Portrait of a Restless Mind
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a little different from the other great monuments of Washington, D.C. Standing…
True Fictions of Fatherhood
About two-and-a-half years ago, my wife and I sat in a lawyer’s office trying not to think…
Europe’s Problem—and Ours
Go back in your mind’s eye to the fall of 1940, the fateful period that Winston Churchill…
Briefly Noted — 02/04
Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Faith. By Peter L. Berger. Blackwell. 187pp. $24.95. The noted…
In the Aftermath of Scandal
Aftermath does not mean it is over. The word literally means a second-growth crop or, more simply,…
Accomplishment––or Fame
Human Accomplishment: the Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 BC to 1950.by Charles Murray.Harper…
Taming the Vindictive Passions
Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits. by Jeffrie G. Murphy. Oxford University Press. 152 pp. $21. In…
Gadamer & the Light of the Word
Hans-Georg Gadamer: A Biographyby jean grondintranslated by woel weinsheimeryale university press, 512 pages, $35 It is reasonable…
Letters—January 2004
Your editorial statement “The Marriage Amendment” (October 2003) rests on two premises: 1) the definition of marriage…
Jane Austen, Public Theologian
To call Jane Austen a public theologian is counterintuitive for two reasons: she does not seem much…
Sheer Extravagant Violence
Taras Bulbaby Nikolai Gogol, translated by Peter ConstantineModern Library. 11 pp. $17.95. Where Taras Bulba should be…
The Culture Wars Go International
The defenders of judicial activism, properly understood as the judicial usurpation of politics, count on wearing down…
Martin Marty’s Martin Luther
We can be grateful that an editor of Viking’s Penguin Lives suggested that the series should include…
Letters—December 2003
Questions of Reform In “True and False Reform.” (September), Avery Cardinal Dulles displays his usual clarity and…
