Theology
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Catholics in Exile
In “The Unhappy Fate of Optional Orthodoxy” (Public Square, January), Richard John Neuhaus proposes “Neuhaus’ Law” concerning…
A Bible Fit for Children
In a famous passage from Science and the Modern World, Alfred North Whitehead gives this counsel to…
The Styles of Modern Politics
The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Scepticism by michael oakeshott, edited by timothy fuller yale…
At the Border of Church and State
When Sacred and Secular Mix: Religious Nonprofit Organizations and Public Money by stephen v. monsma rowman and…
The Myth of Soulless Women
Josh Billings remarked profoundly that “the trouble with people is not that they don’t know but that…
Humanism After Tillich
The most creative dimensions of Western spirituality are rooted in a deep interaction between the biblically informed…
Derrida, Death, and Forgiveness
Barth, Derrida, and the Language of Theologyby graham ward cambridge university press, 258 pages, $54.95 The Gift…
Ukraine: Christians in Conflict
Kiev is a place whose buildings suggest that the time is out of joint. The decrepit concrete…
What Are You Looking For?
In Genesis 37:15 we read the story of how Joseph arrived in the town of Shechem in…
Getting Over the End of the World
Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection by harold bloom riverhead books/putman, 255 pages,…
Bad News
In Bob Dole’s remarkably inept campaign for the presidency, he could nonetheless count on one surefire applause…
The Several-Storied Thomas Merton
It is a timeworn literary conceit, but some writers seem to be several people. There always exists…
Consecrating the President
This month a hundred million Americans will watch a United States Supreme Court Justice once again ask…
That They May All Be One: The Imperatives and Prospects of Christian Unity
Relations between Catholics and Evangelical Christians have traditionally been rather cool at their very best. While Catholics…
Jeremiah in South Dakota
The Cloister Walk by kathleen norris riverhead books, 304 pages, $23.95 I had read Norris’ previous book,…
