June/July 2004
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June/July Letters
Agony and Art The rhetorical devices employed by Russell Hittinger and Eilzabeth Lev in “Gibson’s Passion ”…
Fear of Redemption
When I conjure in my mind the objections that people I know make to Christianity, I am…
Freedom and Decency
Things could conceivably be far worse. The brief ebullition of indignation that followed Janet Jackson’s rather pathetic…
Conciliating Hatred
These days, if you announce that the Supreme Court is doing politics rather than law you will…
What It’s Like To Be a Christian
Truths are one thing, the way they are set forth is another. These words express what many…
Hinduism and Terror
Since September 11, 2001, the world’s attention has properly been focused on the violence of Islamic extremism,…
Religion Uniquely Disfavored
While some scholars have argued that there is, in terms of both grammar and purpose, only one…
The Passion’s Passionate Despisers
What are we to make of l’affaire Gibson now that his film has turned out to be…
The Origins of the Final Solution
How, when, and why the Nazis’ decision to exterminate Europe’s Jews was made remains one of the…
Jesus in America
The America of the title is the United States, from colonial times to the present. The Jesus…
Briefly Noted — 6/04
The military chaplaincy in the West is the subject of this compilation of essays by historians and…
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Or so I was taught in grade school. Later, of course, I…
The Age of Shakespeare and the Trial of Man
Unlike its English and American counterparts, Scottish law allows three verdicts in criminal trials: innocent, guilty, and…
Of Time and the River
Of Time and the River I love the way the river rollicks here, and how it sluices…
