February 1999
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The House of Human Dignity
The Public Square Almost everything short of the Kingdom of God can be improved, but some things…
Faith & Therapy
Seventeen years ago in Psychological Seduction I wrote about the dangers of mixing psychology with religious faith.…
The Mind of Maimonides
The following is the second in a series that examines through the prism of a key figure…
Nominal Babies
In its famous 1973 decision Roe v. Wade , the United States Supreme Court mandated elective abortion…
Jews Choosing Life
The sanctity and infinite worth of every human being is a quintessential Jewish value, grounded in the…
In Response to Terror
In the aftermath of the United States military response to the car-bombing of American embassies in Kenya…
Confessions of a Contrarian
The production schedule of First Things is such that copy for the current issue is due before…
Talking to Generation X
We’ve never been proud to be Americans—our political memory stretches back only as far as Vietnam, Watergate,…
Eroticism Unbound
Take out your keys and look at your key chain. Are you thinking about sex now? I…
Man as Lucifer
The Invention of Autonomy: A History of Modern Moral Philosophy by J.B. Scheewind Cambridge University Press, 624…
Hating Hitler
The Hitler of History by John Lukacs Knopf, 279 pages, $26 Explaining Hitler: The Search for the…
Briefly Noted 153
The Future of Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence? By Shireen T. Hunter…
A Public Prophet?
For the Nations: Essays Evangelical and Public by John Howard Yoder Eerdmans, 240 pages, $28 This book…
Pet Project
If a Lion Could Talk: Animal Minds and the Evolution of Consciousness by Stephen Budiansky Free Press,…
Blessed Be
Goddess Unmasked: The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality by Philip G. Davis Spence, 418 pages, $29.95 It…
Reasons to Stay on the Porch During Storms
First the soft stuff, like stir fry on the lawn Or a drummer brushing his snare. Then…
Accused of Adultery
the woman brought before My Son accused of adultery was me . . . could have been…
As Decreed
He waits outside the house in the car for the boy to appear. The monthly ritual as…
