May 1990
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Why Wait for the Kingdom?The Theonomist Temptation
Paul Tillich famously wrote about ethics in the heteronomous, autonomous, and theonomous modes. To summarize all too…
Graham Greene as Moralist
Trust the tale and not the teller.d. h. lawrence How can one tell the dancer from the…
Taking Religious Freedom Seriously
Passage of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment…
Friendship and Tragedy: The Fragilities of Goodness
By the time we begin part III in Martha Nussbaum’s brilliant The Fragility of Goodness (1986), it…
Jefferson, Adams, and the Natural Aristocracy
Starting from a common premise and a shared commitment to republicanism, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams arrived…
Homosexuality and the Churches
The Public Square Rapidly changing attitudes toward Christian ministry reflect a cultural incursion into the life of…
Editorial: Legalize Drugs?
No sooner had George Bush declared a “war on drugs” and appointed William Bennett to lead the…
Separationism for Religion’s Sake
At a conference last fall on “Christians, Jews, and the Free Exercise of Religion” sponsored by the…
Forward to the Seventies
As I write these words, it is exactly one week before my seventieth birthday”“the days of our…
In Favor of Muddling Through
In American political rhetoric–stump speeches, newspaper editorials, party propaganda–the terms “left wing” and “right wing” are used…
A Third Way?
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion by edward…
The Necktie Gap
The Resurgent Liberal: And Other Unfashionable Prophecies by robert reich random house, 303 pages, $19.95 There are…
Glimpsing the Transcendent
Real Presencesby george steiner university of chicago press, 236 pages, $19.95 Of the major literary critics of…
Religion and Science
The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History edited and translated with an introduction and notes by maurice a.…
Edwards and America
America’s Theologian: A Recommendation of Jonathan Edwardsby robert jenson oxford university press, 224 pages, $26 At first glance…
Hope for South Africa?
A Future South Africa: Visions, Strategies, and Realitiesedited by peter l. berger and bobby godsellwestview press, 344…
Fox Days
Dull, restless mornings, crawling with hungers— To have something to do and to have done it. Blackbirds,…
A Reader’s Guide to English Furniture: The Eighteenth Century
Forget the romance purveyed of windowseats, knocked as they be by the winds that skim drowned lawns…
Finding the Diary
Settling the estate, the lawyer said. It seemed too grand a way of putting it— bills to…
