May 2000
Market or Moral Failure?
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 103 (May 2000): 2-6. Market or Moral Failure? The seductive appeal of…
By the Blood of His Cross
The Public Square There is this odd thing that all the social science data agree that the…
The Very Idea of Religion
The study of religion as an academic discipline is now close to a century and a half…
To Wonder Again
Modern societies are the best equipped in history at satisfying man’s immediate desires: food is fast and…
The Return of Political Philosophy
It could be said that the twentieth century has witnessed the disappearance, or withering away, of political…
Leading Children Beyond Good and Evil
Perhaps the enduring subtext in the evolution of moral education in America, and its continuing story to…
The Constitution in the Cave
There’s an old and famous story about a community of people who live in a cave. Fires…
Conservative Confusions
John Stuart Mill famously labeled conservatism the stupid party. Whatever was the case then, that hardly holds…
Following the Lamb
In its broad outlines, the story of the sixteen Carmelite nuns martyred at Compiègne during the French…
Home Alone in the Universe
Ptolemy (second century) was the first and boldest in a long succession of spin doctors for the…
Briefly Noted 23
Imperfect Conceptions:Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects, and Eugenics in Chinaby frank diköttercolumbia university press, 288 pages, $80 The…
Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind
Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind by james e. person rowman & littlefield, 284…
The Social Construction of What?
The Social Construction of What? by ian hacking harvard university press, 272 pages, $34.50 If you suppose…
Systematic Theology: Volumes I & II
Systematic Theology: Volume 1: The Triune God by robert w. jenson oxford university press, 256 pages, $46.89…
The Cultural Revolution of Fascism
The Fascist Revolution: Toward a General Theory of Fascism by george l. mosse howard fertig, 230 pages,…
The Justice in Just War
Morality and Contemporary Warfare by james turner johnson yale university press, 256 pages, $19 The average person…
Poetry
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 103 (May 2000): 29, 47. Desert Confirmation They say these people are…