Theology

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To Students of Divinity: A Convocation Address

Philip Turner

People who talk overmuch about beginning a new phase of life often appear quite foolish. After all,…

A Closed Question And Ecumenism Now

Richard John Neuhaus

The contention is advanced, with some persuasive force, that the churches lag behind the progress that society…

An Incredible Lightness of Being

Midge Decter

Intellectual Memoirs, 1936–1938 by mary mccarthy harcourt brace jovanovich, 114 pages, $15.95 The novelist and critic Mary…

The Argument From Design

John Farrell

The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World by paul davies simon & schuster,…

Why Pluralism Needs Monism

Peter J. Leithart

“Vatican II,” George Weigel writes in Freedom and Its Discontents, “posed a basic challenge to the many…

The Pope, the Emperor, and the First Amendment

Augustine Thompson

Every year during the winter quarter my yearlong course in the history of Christianity reaches the eleventh-century…

Christianity in the Mirror of Jewish Thought

Alan L. Mittleman

What do modern Jewish thinkers make of Christianity? Is Christianity in their eyes still the oppressive, pervasive…

Victims Unlimited

John P. Sisk

In this highly individualistic age, it is probably safe to assume about every victim what Tolstoy at…

Back to Our Future

Robin Darling Young

Inventing the Middle Ages: The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century…

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Judas Iscariot and the Myth of Jewish Evil by Hyam Maccoby Free Press, 213 pages, $22.95 Maccoby…

Who You Are

Richard John Neuhaus

After two full years of publication, we thought it time to survey our subscribers and the findings…

New Age Mush

Charlotte Allen

Belonging To The Universe: Explorations on the Frontiers of Science and Spirituality by fritjof capra and david…

A Lutheran Affirmation

Leslie Newbigin

No Other Gospel! Christianity Among The World Religions by carl e. braaten fortress press, 142 pages, $10.95…

Letter from Jerusalem

Werner J. Dannhauser

To come to Jerusalem from Paris, or even Tel Aviv, is to succumb to the uncanny feeling…

Ludwig Wittgenstein Confesses

Edward T. Oakes

Along with Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein is generally considered to be one of the two greatest philosophers…