June/July 2012
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Letters—June/July 2012
Problematic Premises In response to John Haldane’s argumentum ad consummationem (“Against Erotic Entitlements,” April): Why shouldn’t it…
Love’s Greater Freedom
The following is a response to David S. Yeago’s “ Modern but Not Liberal .” The other…
Judaism and the Limits of Liberalism
The following is a response to David S. Yeago’s “ Modern but Not Liberal .” The other…
The Reformation
Wrongly Blamed
The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Societyby brad s. gregorybelknap press, 592 pages, $35.75 In…
Modern but Not Liberal
“Modern but Not Liberal” is one of three addresses given to a symposium on “After Liberalism,” put…
Peace After Genocide
Every country that in recent years has moved toward democracy and peace first suffered large-scale assaults on…
Grand Rounds with Jews and Jesuits
When I awoke at 6:00 a.m. to attend shacharit (the first prayer service of the day), I…
Death the Stranger
Damian Michael Bentley (1834-1897) was the first cousin of one of my great-grandfathers (if I were patient…
Life on the Divide
On a typical afternoon, I drop off my eight-year-old daughter and her best friend at ballet lessons…
Reviving Sacred Sculpture
The statue of a slender young John the Baptist, seated on a rock with a lamb at…
The Revolt of the Right
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to…
Briefly Noted
Tradition and the Rule of Faith in the Early Church: Essays in Honor of Joseph T. Lienhard,…
Creative Minorities
Ecclesial Movements and Communities: Origins, Significance, and Issues by Brendan Leahy New City Press, 200 pages, $16.95…
Love’s Translations
Song of Songs: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible by paul j. griffiths brazos, 240 pages, $32.99…
Not Understanding Nothing
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing by lawrence m. krauss free press,…
Redeeming Places
Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View of Place for Today by craig g. bartholomew baker, 384 pages,…
From the Editor’s Desk
This is managing editor Meghan Duke’s last issue. After two years as a junior fellow, she took…
Chuck Colson, RIP
Chuck Colson was one of the most important Christians in American public life. Like our founder, Richard…
Life Too Inconvenient for Life
The Journal of Medical Ethics, an altogether mainstream, peer-reviewed scholarly publication, recently published an article justifying “after-birth…
After Liberalism Continued
Regular readers will remember that the last issue inaugurated a series of three essays and responses designed…
Defending High Culture
Twenty-five years ago Allan Bloom proclaimed a heresy: The supposed idealism of the 1960s was in fact…
Note to Our Kindle Readers
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Our One-Eyed Friends
It wasn’t a conclusion he thought he’d come to. When he was a young graduate student, Jonathan…
Now Sing, My Lovelies
Darlings, sing, and open-throated, send your voices, winged with high-flown praise, and raise, not merely roofs, but…
Juliet on Facebook
I saw his Facebook picture, met for chat, And then the two of us said that was…
Last Night As I Lay Sleeping
Last night as I lay sleeping, I dreamed”oh blessed art!” of fountain water leaping and flowing in…
Mother’s Day Remembered
Far from where your sharp glance and mine could meet, a laundromat on Rue des Pyrenées was…
