March 2012
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The Achievement of Wolfhart Pannenberg
Some theologians are mirrors of their time. The mid-twentieth century rises from the pages of Tillich as…
In Defense of Religious Freedom
Eighteen years ago, this fellowship of Evangelical and Catholic pastors, theologians, and educators was formed to deepen…
Presbyterianism’s Democratic Captivity
There was a time when the Presbyterian Church’s voice mattered, when its witness informed and transformed American…
The One Percent
In an important new book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, Charles Murray observes that…
Briefly Noted
Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet ?by Donald Weinstein ?Yale, 400 pages, $38 n…
Letters
developing status Christopher Kaczor (“Equal Rights, Unequal Wrongs,” August/September) echoes a fallacious argument now popular among pro-life…
Things Not Caesar’s
Clarity and unanimity have not exactly been the hallmarks of the Supreme Court’s efforts to interpret and…
Obama’s Freedom Deficit
During the first three years of the Obama administration, the federal government has dramatically turned against religious…
The Inertia of Reputation
I managed—aided by a combination of piteous entreaties, furious threats, and the occasional application of the lash—to…
Religious Freedom Abroad
Seventy percent of the world’s population lives in countries that severely restrict religious freedom. Though largely ignored…
The Dangers of Anti-Sharia Laws
The law in several states now requires pro-life pharmacists to dispense the morning-after pill, Christian adoption agencies…
Spinoza Unreformed
A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza’s Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age ? by…
God’s Paradoxes
Infinity Dwindled to Infancy: A Catholic and Evangelical Christology ?by Edward T. Oakes Eerdmans, 471 pages, $44…
Our Stories and God’s
The Sense of an Ending ?by Julian Barnes ?Knopf, 163 pages, $23.95 n You’re not the person…
A Woman in Full
The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy’s Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de’ Mediciby elizabeth levhoughton…
Radical Revelries
American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation ? by Michael Kazin Knopf, 329 pages, $27.95 Radical…
The Day the Rain Began
Genesis 7:12 Today seemed just an ordinary day. The sun rose like an irritated eye; wives cooked…
All Gone
quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis ”Catullus, 7 Silph-bearing Cyrenaica, said a poet, Alluding to…
Thumblings
Far more than Once Upon a Time, A lonely would-be single-mom Wished for a child, and one…
St. Clare of Assisi
Her parents tired of locking her up before she tired of running away. Love mocks the locksmith,…
