December 1990
America’s Most Influential Journal of Religion and Public Life
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Civility and Permissions
Who has been handing out these permission slips?” asks a writer of our acquaintance. He wants to…
Joshing Richard Rorty
I Voltaire took pleasure in publishing the last will and testament of his friend Jean Messelier: “I…
Authority in the Church: Excavations Among the Ruins
Authority is an issue that occupies a central place in current ecumenical discussion among the churches and…
God in Public Life: Rehabilitating the “Orders of Creation”
The intent of this essay is a rehabilitation of the Lutheran idea of the “orders of creation.”…
The Achievement of Jacques Maritain
Although the twentieth century was often proclaimed by the church to be the “Age of the Laity,”…
The Lives of the Saints and the Pursuit of Virtue
Of the several paths that lead to virtue, the broadest and the most promising is the way…
Women, Bishops, and King Lear
So you’re not an editor? Lucky you. We were just going to press with an issue that…
Drugs and the Face of Evil
One of the least understood aspects of the drug problem is the degree to which it is…
The Flag Amendment Is a Religious Issue
The issue of a constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the American flag is currently on political…
Super Flumina Babylonis, or, Outside the Mainstream
Readers of the New York Times, which Alasdair MacIntyre has called “that parish magazine of affluent and self-congratulatory…
Middle East Apocalypse Now?
Saddam Hussein’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait may have thrown the world economy into confusion, but it…
“Linguistic Injustice”: An Exchange
The University of Notre Dame To: My Colleagues in the Department of TheologyFrom: James F. White On…
Restoring the God of their Fathers
The Emergence of Jewish Theology in Americaby robert g. goldyindiana university press, 149 pages, $25 Judaism was…
America Through Foreign Eyes
Americans: The View From Abroadby james c. simmonscrown, 239 pages, $19.95 A zealous convert once decided to…
Abortion Talk
Decoding Abortion Rhetoric: Communicating Social Changeby celeste michelle condituniversity of illinois press, 236 pages, $24.95 Students of…
Liturgy
We kept building our steeples higher until emissions streamed to thousands of miles away, but distant lakes…
At the Taj Mahal In Atlantic City
As I was splitting a pair of queens to double my sawbuck bet, someone said “He’s here,”…
Scene From a Living Room
In that house of quiet dying, through still sheers that turn the day to gray, only two…
