Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
On Giving Blood to the Red Cross
Flow, blood; you are not me but I have known your intercourse since the crimson dawn of…
A Curious Encounter with a Philosopher from Nowhere
One could hardly imagine a more civilized setting. A crisply sunny November afternoon at Colgate University, its…
The Burdens of Language
To Begin Where I Am: Selected Essays By Czeslaw Milosz Edited by Bogdana Carpenter and Madeline G.…
The End of Magic
Of a fair evening in the mythical but true world of Middle Earth, towards the end of…
Jerusalem Artichoke
It’s not , though: Anyone can tell you this is absolutely not an artichoke. And the Jerusalem…
Letters—January 2002
War and Christian Doctrine No doubt every reader of Darrell Cole’s “Good Wars” (October 2001) was struck, as…
Faith Seeking Explanation
Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought By Pascal Boyer Basic. 375 pp. $27.50 Pascal Boyer…
September 2001
We meet our griefs again when work is through and do with words what little words can…
Religious Freedom: Innovation and Development
According to John Henry Newman, whose two hundredth birthday we celebrated in February 2001, Christianity came into…
Poetry
The neighborhood changed the day the dead moved in. The rich barred their gates, the reputable fled.…
Does God Suffer?
Some readers may think this an odd article to be published by “a journal of religion and…
“Salvation Is from the Jews”
The Samaritan woman said, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshipped on this…
Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises Among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630–1692
Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises Among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630–1692 by louise a. breen oxford…
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man by jeffrey satinover wiley,…
Poetry
Small persimmons, squashed and tangy sweet Among dried leaves, in chill vanilla air, Arrest us on our…
