April 2011
Letters
MACINTYRE’S ECONOMICS Robert T. Miller first says that I am a great philosopher (“Waiting for St. Vladimir,”…
The Beauty of the Ethical
How, then, shall he be a god, who has not as yet been made a man? —St.…
Restoring the Village
In the year 1215, at a place called Runnymede, the barons of England, having paused from their…
Living with Inequality
Inequality is, always and everywhere, a fact of economic life. It is also, always and everywhere, a…
All War, All the Time
Martyrdom has been an integral part of Christian life since the Acts of the Apostles. Yet to…
Thinking About Aging
As the number of our years increases, as we age in that simple chronological sense, we also…
Memories of a Catholic Boyhood
On the wall of my Newsweek office, I kept a large map, in a mosaic of colors,…
Evangelicals Divided
Long confused with fundamentalism by most of the academy and dismissed as intellectually inadequate, evangelical theology has…
Reading Literature Faithfully
Christianity and Literature by David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory P. Maillet InterVarsity, 292 pages, $24 In undertaking…
A Review of God’s Many-Splendored Image
God’s Many-Splendored Image by Nonna Verna Harrison Baker, 207 pages, $22.99 n Genesis 1:27 declares that human…
Sects, Politics, and Religion
Good and Bad Ways to Think About Religion and Politics by Robert Benne Eerdmans, 120 pages, $14…
A Review of I Am with You Always
I Am with You Always by Benedict Groeschel Ignatius, $37.95, 507 pages n From the New Testament…
A Review of Mad World
Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead by Paula Byrne Harper, 368 pp. $25.99 n…
The Forms Behind the Laws
Ministers of the Law by Jean Porter Eerdmans, 368 pages, $30 n Some years ago, the acclaimed…
A Review of Ethics with Barth
Ethics with Barth by Matthew Rose Ashgate, 226 pages, $89.95 This is a necessary book, whether one…
Rediscovering Hollywood’s Eve
Playing a middle-aged woman still remorseful about the teenage decision to give up her out-of-wedlock baby for…
Inevitable Scholasticism
Introduction to Scholastic Theology by ulrich g. leinsle trans. michael j. miller catholic university of america, 392…
Holy Childhood
did you know summer hides even as she shines once, she whispered to the chinese tallows and…
Revelation
I am soaking in Revelation, in the King James, just before dawn, The dog snoring in his…
Despair
She’s not the special one you thought would need protection till the end. She feeds on quarrel…
The Lesson of the Artichoke
The buds are harvested before their hour, Then must be steamed or boiled before they yield The…
Anniversary In-Sink-Erator
The stream beneath the site of our proposal at Vista Valley Country Club’s faux bridge has brought…
At the Ballet
A bold conception, said to be first-class, with varied styles of gesture, steps, and play, plus music,…