November 2004
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Episcopal Straight Talk
Last month I discussed the signs of an emerging new leadership within the conference of Catholic bishops.…
The Witness of Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz was born in Szetejnie in 1911 and raised in Wilno, both of which are in…
Surgical Sex
When the practice of sex-change surgery first emerged back in the early 1970s, I would often remind…
The Naked Public
The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America by Richard John Neuhaus was published in 1984.…
November Letters
The Judaism of Jesus In “ The Passion ’s Passionate Despisers” (June/July), Kenneth L. Woodward summed up…
Strange Science
Global warming has achieved the status of a major threat. It inspires nightmares of a troubled future…
Us and Them
Six months out of grad school and into our first jobs, my husband and I fell in…
The Unsilent Pope
Inside the Vatican of Pius XII: The Memoir of an American Diplomat During World War II By…
What’s Upstairs
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity By Nancy Pearcey Crossway, 479 pp. $25 It is…
Malignant Genius
Nietzsche and Music By George Liébert University of Chicago Press, 291 pp. $25 Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and…
You Are Peter: An Orthodox Theologian’s Reflection on the Exercise of Papal Primacy.
You Are Peter: An Orthodox Theologian’s Reflection on the Exercise of Papal Primacy By Olivier Clément, translated…
Briefly Noted 25
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History 1585-1828. By Walter A. McDougall. HarperCollins. 638 pp.…
More on Milosz
Father Jeremy Driscoll’s moving and instructive reflection on Czeslaw Milosz in this issue was written shortly before…
A Denomination Called Anglican
Edward Norman, the canon of York Minster, has written many books. I suppose my favorite is House…
Bach, Hitler and the People Called German
Steven Ozment has done a remarkable thing in A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German…
While We’re At It
• When I spoke at ceremonies marking the inauguration of Robert Sloan as president of Baylor University…
Understanding Evangelicals
“If you want a friend in Washington,” said Harry Truman, “get a dog.” Hyperbole, to be sure,…
What Good Is It That Girls Need Never Go To War?
What good is it that girls need never go to war Or wear a shield or…
Termination for Cause
Sir, I had thought the terms of our agreement Were quite clear. You were to provide me…
