November 2001
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Violence and the Defense of Life
Alas, First Things seems intent on remaining merely a scholarly magazine hovering above the fray on the…
Does God Suffer?
Some readers may think this an odd article to be published by “a journal of religion and…
Stanley Fish’s Milton
How Milton Worksby stanley fishharvard university press, 616 pages, $35. Stanley Fish zooms across the firmament of…
“Salvation Is from the Jews”
The Samaritan woman said, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshipped on this…
September 11–Before and After
The Public Square September 11. This is written the day after, just under the deadline for this…
Capital and Other Punishments
Events of recent months”in particular, the execution of Timothy McVeigh and, just prior to it, public airing…
Darwin and the Descent of Morality
An important part of the current controversy over the theoretical status of evolutionary theory concerns its moral…
Memento Mortimer
Many years ago Mortimer Adler took me to lunch at Antoine’s in New Orleans and introduced me…
Going to Pot?
It is safe to say that at some point in the not-too-distant future, America will confront the…
Pilgrim Meets Compassionate
(with apologies to John Bunyan) Idreamed that when Amoralist saw that he could neither make Pilgrim turn…
Quality with Soul and Religion on Campus
Quality with Soul: How Six Premier Colleges and Universities Keep Faith with Their Religious Traditions by robert…
Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World
Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World by robert p. kraynak university…
Handbook of Religion and Health
Handbook of Religion and Health by harold g. koenig, dana e. king, and verna benner carson oxford…
Briefly Noted 37
Danteby r. w. b. lewisviking, 224 pages, $13.85 Dante:A Lifeby robert hollanderyale university press, 240 pages, $9…
Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises Among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630–1692
Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises Among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630–1692 by louise a. breen oxford…
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man by jeffrey satinover wiley,…
Poetry
Small persimmons, squashed and tangy sweet Among dried leaves, in chill vanilla air, Arrest us on our…
