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Essays

One Nation Under Many Gods

Richard John Neuhaus

Public Square The idea of “Christian America” meets with determined opposition on many fronts, and for many…

Opinion

In Defense of Jabez

Philip Zaleski

“Read not the times, read the eternities,” said Henry David Thoreau. It isn’t often that the two…

Evangelical and Catholic Together?

James Nuechterlein

Among the many (of course) excellent items in this issue, there is Ralph Wood’s thoughtful and intelligent…

Letter From Ukraine

Andriy Chirovsky

There is one remaining institution of the old Tsarist empire of the Romanovs: the Patriarchate of Moscow.…

The Names of Love

David O'Connor

Plato was no friend of safe sex, and latex would not have changed his mind. In his…

Good News from the Court

Douglas W. Kmiec

Good News v. Milford is very good news indeed for advocates of school vouchers and faith-based organizations…

Reviews

All Shook Up: Music, Passion, and Politics

Michael Linton

Are there prizes for titles and dust jackets? If so, Spence Publishing should win them both for…

Pluralism in Philosophy: Changing the Subject

Christopher Wolfe

John Kekes has written a book that will provoke readers. It will stir up their interest, lead…

The Trinity in German Thought

David Vincent Meconi

In writing both of his Catechisms of 1529, Martin Luther attempted to highlight the trinitarian structure of…

Briefly Noted 36

Various

The Influence of Faith: Religious Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy. Edited by Elliott Abrams. Rowman & Littlefield.…

The Book of Marriage: The Wisest Answers to the Toughest Questions

Molly Finn

The Book of Marriage undertakes to provide an overview of one of the greatest human institutions at…

American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction

Ralph C. Wood

With the death of Sydney Ahlstrom and the retirements of Robert Handy and Martin Marty from the…

Poetry

Poetry

Various

To age is but to respect gravity, movement that is denial given up in the fashion of…