April 1996
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April Letters
Christian Exclusivism The review of Salvations: Truth and Difference in Religion (January) struck me as a particularly…
A Friendly But Dangerous Embrace
The Public Square Ticking Crime Bomb” is a troubling article in the Weekly Standard by hard-nosed Princeton…
Second Thoughts About Body Parts
Almost forty thousand Americans are currently on waiting lists, hoping to receive a donated organ. Many of…
Farmers, Founders, and Fratricide: The Story of Cain and Abel
Once one gets right down to it, the difference between liberals and conservatives traces home to a…
When Rights Are Wrong
It is common in some circles to say that our legal system worries too much about rights…
The Problem With Conservatism
My first conservative experience was in second grade, when I learned America the Beautiful. Verses one and…
Are the Gospels Mythical?
From the earliest days of Christianity, the Gospels’ resemblance to certain myths has been used as an…
Alone for Others
Rarely, in our times, do social and political theorists praise solitude. Again and again such thoughtful writers…
The Children’s Hour
My April calendar reminds me that my oldest child celebrates her birthday this month. Which in turn…
Marriage Anyone?
Almost 70 percent of the American people have indicated their opposition to “same”sex” marriages (males with males,…
The New Abortion Debate
Over the last few months, certain intellectuals on both sides of the debate over abortion have publicly…
Trusting Laws, Trusting Others
Much of social life is explained and justified with cliches—those little capsules of folk wisdom that suggest…
The Byzantine World of Religious Jurisprudence
Securing Religious Liberty: Principles for Judicial Interpretation of the Religion Clauses By Jesse H. Choper University of…
Roundup of Books on Mysticism
Julian of Norwich’s Showings: From Vision to Book By Denise Nawakowski Baker Princeton University Press, 215 pages,…
Madison’s Madison
The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic by lance banning…
Ben Bradlee’s Version
A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures By Ben Bradlee Simon & Schuster, 514 pages, $27.50 Ben…
People of the Covenant
The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People By David Novak Cambridge University Press, 285…
Let This Green Earth
Hildegard of Bingen on her deathbed, September 1179 That polished, hot smell like a room closed too…
