October 1991
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Editorial: What Can Be Asked of a Judge
A number of important questions touching on religion and public life were raised early on in connection…
The God of Abraham and the Enemies of “Eurocentrism”
Half a century ago, on March 9, 1940, with the world collapsing into a war that was…
The Constitution and the Erotic Self
The history books tell us that Gavrilo Princip, the Serbian nationalist who shot and killed Austrian Archduke…
The Popes and the Economy
Papal doctrine on political economy has long been misunderstood as well as mistrusted among those economic liberals…
The Myth of the Civil War
The Civil War A film by Ken Burns Shown as a PBS television series; also available on…
Reviving the Missionary Mandate
The editorial in our May 1991 issue was titled “Christian Mission and the Third Millennium.” It described…
Editorial: The Politics of Religious Freedom: A Remedy Reconsidered
Many of our readers have been intensely and rightly concerned about threatening turns in the Supreme Court’s…
God and Man at Tuscaloosa
A friend of mine, more radical and pessimistic than I, claims that it is illegal to be…
My Mother, the Expert
When I was a sophomore in high school in Colorado in the late 1950s, I was required,…
Gimme that New Age Religion
The Cosmic Self: A Penetrating Look at Today’s New Age Movements by Ted Peters HarperCollins, 221 pages,…
Suffering Humanity
Victims and Values: A History and a Theory of Suffering by Joseph A. Amato Praeger, 223 pages,…
Shooting for Moon
Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon by Carlton Sherwood Regnery Gateway, 705…
Trinitarian Morality?
Transformed Judgment: Toward a Trinitarian Account of the Moral Life by L. Gregory Jones University of Notre…
New Hope for the Family?
Rebuilding the Nest: A New Commitment to the American Family edited by David Blankenhorn, Steven Bayme, and…
The Complexities of Morality
Varieties of Moral Personality: Ethics and Psychological Realism by Owen Flanagan Harvard University Press, 336 pages, $34.95…
Allee-Allee-Enfree
Nutshells on patched linoleum,cracks skipped overon the long sidewalk home,hide-and-go-seek gamewe stopped counting. Still sometimes we huntfor…
Money
I It took him 20 years to reach the top,but he made it, CEO, a winner, just…
Why the News Makes Us Dumb
The period between Christmas and New Year’s Day is often described as a “slow-news week.” We use…
