April 2014
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The Love of Wisdom
I went in at the sign of The Temulent Termagant (a frowsy slattern asplay in a shallow ditch…
Biotech Babies
Suzanne is a forty-year-old mother of two who recentlyattended an Evangelical women’s Bible study in a suburb…
The Ancients on Abortion
Teaching Dante’s Divine Comedy last semester, I hopedto cruise through the Purgatorio to make sure we completed…
Bridging a False Divide
Two years ago, a colleague of mine, a specialist in the OldTestament, sidled over to me at…
Letters
Papal Economics R. R. Reno blew it rather badly (“Francis and the Market,” February). He writes, “and…
Uneasy Grace
The great crisis of faith for me came—as it does for somany—when I was in college. I…
The Christ of Marc Chagall
It recently became widely known that the favorite paintingnof Pope Francis is the White Crucifixion by Marc…
The Church and Civil Marriage
No-fault divorce changed the American culture of marriage.So did the sexual revolution. Now proponents of gay rights…
Learning in Love
Over the past few months there has been a marked increase in stories about the decline of…
Global Culture Wars
Global Culture Wars In February, the Kremlin announced that Russia is tighteningits ban on same-sex couples adopting…
Poetic Theologian
Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendenceby shai heldindiana, 352 pages, $38.95Few modern theological personalities have been…
Briefly Noted
Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinasby matthew j. ramagecua, 312…
Ulterior Lives
Darling: A Spiritual Autobiographyby richard rodriguezviking, 256 pages, $26.95 Richard Rodriguez has been an occasional companion of…
Godless Theosis
The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxyby aristotle papanikolaounotre dame, 248 pages, $27 What is “the…
Letters of Affection
The Selected Letters of Willa Catheredited by andrew jewell and janis stoutknopf, 752 pages, $37.50One might be…
Pop Imperialism
Through a Screen Darkly: Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America’s Image Abroadby martha baylesyale, 336 pages, $30D…
Station XI of the Cross
XI. Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross For boys who pull the wings off beetlesOr prick their…
Ruins
Pill bottles in assorted sizes liescattered across the smooth Formica plainof the bathroom countertop. They testifylike pediments…
