December 1994
The Religious Right as Terrible Threat, Utter Irrelevance, or Something Else
The cover of the New Republic picture this big thick book titled The Constitution of the United…
Killing Abortionists: A Symposium
Paul J. Hill, convicted of killing an abortionist and his security guard in Pensacola, Florida, has advanced…
Christianity and the West
The importance of Christianity in the formation of Western civilization can hardly be denied. That importance is…
Re-Viewing Vatican II
George Lindbeck, the distinguished Lutheran theologian, served from 1962 through 1965 as one of sixty “Delegated Observers”…
Educating Father Abraham: The Meaning of Fatherhood
My theme is the education of the patriarch Abraham, Father of Judaism, father of Christianity, father of…
Some of My Best Friends
Revolutions in consciousness sometimes announce themselves in minor, even trivial, ways. It was some ten or twelve…
Mom and the Gurus of Guiltlessness
Marcia Segelstein Shortly after the birth of her daughter, talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford joked with…
After Modernity, What?
Postmodern Times:A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Cultureby gene edward veith, jr. crossway, 234 pages, $11.99 We…
Justifying God’s Ways
Evil and the Evidence for God: The Challenge of John Hick’s Theodicyby r. douglass geivettafterword by john hicktemple…
The Case for Immigration
Immigration and Immigrants: Setting the Record Straight by michael fix and jeffrey s. passel urban institute, 104…
The Capital of Ambivalence
Modernity and Crises of Identity: Culture and Society in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna by jacques le rider translated by…