Theology
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The Two Politics of Election 2000
The Public Square Late on the night of November 7, I announced to friends with whom I…
Poetry
I could buy a garden gargoyle And set it out relentlessly scowling Toward the kitchen window of…
Papacy and Power
Pope John Paul II’s considerable effect on our times is conceded by admirers and critics alike. The…
Poetry
According to Polybius The sea route to Byzantium Was fortunate in ways not clear When looking at…
The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms’ Magic Fairy Tales
The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms’ Magic Fairy Tales by…
Defining Social Justice
Last year marked the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Hayek, among whose many contributions…
Poetry
Water from you will quickly fill my deserted soul, which withers, until it meets with my eyes…
Peace When?
It seems that Bill Clinton won’t get that Nobel Peace Prize after all. On no issue of…
Evangelicals in the Church of Mary
“The Protestants were out at the pro“life ball,” my Catholic friend told me, with some agitation. “They…
For Useless Learning
In an essay written during World War II, C. S. Lewis raised the question of learning during…
The Liberated Lost
The Public Square The idea that religion is the heart of culture and culture is the form…
Sacred Fanfares
The international broadcast of the opening of Scotland’s new parliament in July 1999 gave the world more…
Technicians of Learning
Modern institutions talk about themselves. When a corporation refashions itself—undergoes a complete makeover not merely to look…
Rights, Animal and Human
Last year Harvard Law School offered its first“ever course on animal rights. This is good news for…
Pius XII as Scapegoat
From the beginning of his papacy in 1939 until well after his death in 1958, Pope Pius…
