March 2000
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A Confessional State?
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 101 (March 2000): 2-9. A Confessional State? In ” Proposing Democracy Anew”Part…
“Father Forgive Them”?
The first word from the cross: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Christians…
What I Learned in China
At least a hundred Chinese college students packed into the small auditorium of the American consulate in…
A Century in Books
Whatever else we know about the readers of this journal—and, thanks to the recent readership survey, we…
Can We Have a Story?
Some time ago I published in this journal an essay on “How the World Lost Its Story”…
The Essential Chesterton
It would no doubt be foolish to suggest that there is a single, essential contribution which Gilbert…
Rethinking the Crusades
On July 15, 1999, the nine-hundredth anniversary of the fall of Jerusalem to the crusaders, a party…
The First Ten Years – Putting First Things First
Upon rereading the following editorial, which may be viewed as a statement of purpose and hope, there…
The Democratization of Science
“It is degrading to an American to take everything on trust, and even the young farmer and…
Between Father and Daughter
Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by dava sobel walker and company, 432…
Political Will and Personal Belief: The Decline and Fall of Soviet Communism
Political Will and Personal Belief: The Decline and Fall of Soviet Communism by paul hollander yale university…
Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist by richard rhodes knopf, 384 pages, $15.25 Lonnie…
The Death of Medicine in Nazi Germany
Death of Medicine in Nazi Germany: Dermatology and Dermatopathology Under the Swastika by wolfgang weyers madison books,…
Briefly Noted 21
A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition by john rawls belknap/harvard university press, 538 pages, $77.20 Among academics,…
Culture: the Anthropologists’ Account
Culture: The Anthropologists’ Account by adam kuper harvard university press, 320 pages, $11.44 Culture is everywhere: moral…
In the Beginning
Anniversaries are occasions for nostalgic celebration, for recalling to oneself and others how it is that this…
Poetry
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 101 (March 2000): 15, 26, 38, 63, 68. Annas (to Caiaphas) This…
Poetry
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 101 (March 2000): 15, 26, 38, 63, 68. Annas (to Caiaphas) This…
