January 2001
The Dangers of Dickerson
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Alexander Schmemann: A Man in Full
The Public Square Father Alexander Schmemann (1921-1983) is one of the very important people in my life.…
Designing Our Descendants
In one of the classic early discussions about the possible uses of advancing genetic knowledge to control…
Against Sociobiology
To future generations, the Sociobiology Wars may come as something of a puzzle. The shared beliefs of…
Who Really Cares About Christian Unity?
Future historians of Christianity may well describe the century just past as the age of ecumenism; some…
Minding the Evangelical Mind
Those of us who call ourselves “evangelical scholars” are accustomed to suspicion from the church and incredulity…
Arguing Israel and the Holocaust
It seems unavoidable that history will always link the reestablishment of the State of Israel with the…
Defining the Humanities Up
Reading a new edition of Allen Tate’s collected essays (Essays of Four Decades, ISI Books, 640 pp.,…
Whose Left?
There’s this friend of mine who’s a liberal. For years now, he’s been trying to persuade me…
Development as Freedom
Development as Freedom by amartya sen vintage, 384 pages, $13.40 Development as Freedom is a brilliant book…
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The Camel Knows the Wayby lorna kellyself-published, 266 pages, $6.39 Lorna Kelly has given us a book…
The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms’ Magic Fairy Tales
The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms’ Magic Fairy Tales by…
The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education
The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education by d. g. g. hart johns hopkins…
The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism
The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism by phillip e. johnson ivp, 192 pages, $16.48…
In the Name of Humanity: Reflections on the Twentieth Century
In the Name of Humanity: Reflections on the Twentieth Century by alain finkielkraut, translated by judith friedlander…
Poetry
According to Polybius The sea route to Byzantium Was fortunate in ways not clear When looking at…