April 2010
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Correspondence
The Gestalt of the Book in Questio n I was disappointed to see”in Paul Griffith’s review, in…
Ralph McInerny (1929—2010)
According to Aristotle, is the performance of virtuous acts with ease and delight. On that basis, as…
The Case Against Casey
The recent fight over taxpayer funding of abortion in the national health-care bill revealed not only that…
Do Movie Critics Matter?
It’s always a good year at the movies, even if the great films can be counted on…
The God-Seeking Animal
On the cover of Being Human, the anthology of writings collected by the President’s Council on Bioethics…
Down for the Count
Most people attribute the origin of the census to the Constitution, but credit should really go to…
The Prophet Motive
Why do more Americans go to church regularly than people in any other country in the world?…
Science Friction
It all started with a letter, dated December 1943, that began, “I wish to disagree, somewhat violently,…
Why Are the Jews Chosen?
One way anti-Jewish sentiment has been interpreted is simply as a quid pro quo. Gentile animosity, in…
Lost in Space–Time
36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Random House,…
Traveling with God
Abraham’s Journey by Joseph B. Soloveitchik KTAV, 252 pages, $25 n Readers of Western philosophy know Abraham…
Review of Christians in the Movies
Christians in the Movies: A Century of Saints and Sinners by Peter E. Dans Rowman & Littlefield,…
The Genesis of Genesis
Covenant and Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible Volume One: Genesis by Rabbi Lord Jonathan…
Heidegger’s Tragedy
Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism into Philosophy in Light of the Unpublished Seminars of 1933“1935 by Emmanuel…
Review of Kinship by Covenant
Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God’s Saving Promises by Scott W. Hahn…
Review of Life After Death: The Evidence
Life After Death: The Evidence by Dinesh D’Souza Regnery, 256 pages, $27.95 n While much apologetic effort…
Review of Paths Not Taken: Fates of Theology from Luther Through Leibniz
Paths Not Taken: Fates of Theology from Luther Through Leibniz by Paul R. Hinlicky Eerdmans, 400 pages,…
Review of Saint Louis
Saint Louis by Jacques Le Goff translated by Gareth Evan Gollrad University of Notre Dame,1016 pages, $75…
Review of The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets
The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets edited by David Yezzi Swallow Press, 360 pages, $19.95 n…
Review of Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment
Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment by Deepak Chopra HarperOne, 288 pages, $24.95 n The problem with the…
Review of A New History of Early Christianity
Within a few paragraphs the perspicacious reader of this “new” history of early Christianity will sense that…
Six Years in Tibet
Jesuit on the Roof of the World: Ippolito Desideri’s Mission to Tibet by Trent Pomplun Oxford, 320…
A Prayer for the Ice Age
God grant you food and shelter from the wild, a flame to light the darkness of your…
Charmed
Home from a party the silver balloon followed me. From room to room, it bumped the ceiling,…
Compact
The uplifted unfolded phone casts its lunar digital glow on the face of the young woman pausing…
Then I Slept Into a Terror World
Then I slept into a terror world where things gave back my gaze: baffled grass, a fury…
Birch Trees in Sunlight
Though the clear morning stood composed”cloud, dew, and leaf, the whole shimmering wood” now it all seems…
In His Image
Oh we are many Some too fat Others so skinny Take us back
