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Christ Killers, Dumbed-Down Translations, and How Conservatives Got That Way

by Richard John Neuhaus

I have not yet read Jeremy Cohen’s new book Christ Killers: The Jews and the Passion from the Bible to the Big Screen (Oxford). And it may be that Adam Kirsch, chief book editor for the New York Sun , misrepresents Cohen’s argument. So I’ll attend to Kirsch’s argument, which . . . . Continue Reading »

Response to Oakes on Protestants and Heresy

by Stephen M. Barr

While I agree with the general sentiment of Fr. Edward Oakes’ observations yesterday concerning the invidious or vituperative use of the word heresy , I feel that he is turning into a matter of sentiment what should be a matter of precise definition. If the word heresy is thought of merely as . . . . Continue Reading »