December 1992
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1992 December Letters
Pluralism, Nay & Yea From S. Mark Heim’s discussion of “Pluralism and the Otherness of World Religions”…
The Goddess That Failed
“All hail to the Goddess,” chanted the berobed and garlanded women, as they stood in a circle,…
Historians and the Reality of Christ
After a period of relative quiescence, the quest for the historical Jesus has again become a center…
Messianic Jews: A Troubling Presence
When it comes to Christian-Jewish relations, particularly Christian-Jewish dialogue, the most sensitive issues of all, of course,…
The Pope and the Liberal State
It is not hard to understand why when Centesimus Annus was issued in 1991, its economic teachings…
Friendship and Its Discontents
The Norton Book of Friendship edited by Eudora Welty and Ronald A. Sharr Norton, 622 pages, $25…
Presbyterians: Where Have All the People Gone?
The Venerable” is not a title used among Presbyterians, but it fits few people better than John…
Editorial: The Electoral Uses and Abuses of Religion
Like millions of other Americans we cringed more than once at the God-talk of Pat Robertson, Pat…
The Camera and the Sandwich
The late Sam Kinison, an incomparably loud and invariably offensive comedian, once delivered a comedy routine about…
Getting Grover’s Goat
Herbert Grover is the increasingly visible state superintendent of public instruction for Wisconsin and a man determined…
Maintaining a Discreet Silence
The Idea of the University: A Reexamination by Jaroslav Pelikan Yale University Press, 238 pages, $30 The…
Is Modernity Good for the Jews?
Divided Passions: Jewish Intellectuals and the Experience of Modernity by Paul Mendes-Flohr Wayne State University Press, 449…
The New Russian Revolution
Russia Transformed: Breakthrough to Hope, August 1991 by James H. Billington Free Press, 202 pages, $19.95 Anyone…
Scripture for the Gender-Correct
The Women’s Bible Commentary edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe Westminster/John Knox Press, 396…
The Limits of Populism
Populism and Elitism: Politics in the Age of Equality by Jeffrey Bell Regnery Gateway, 202 pages, $21.95…
Portrait of the Artist As a Young Evangelical
Portofino by Frank Schaeffer Macmillan, 256 pages, $18 Frank Schaeffer’s latest book, a novel, provides many signs that…
Briefly Noted 200
The Founders of the Western World: A History of Greece and Rome by Michael Grant Scribner’s, 351…
Christmas Carols in Traditional Sound
Christmas Carols in Traditional Sound Let all the songsOn Christmas Day, playAnd with heraldingChoristers sing, ringThe coming…
