February 2011
Letters
Bearing Witness through marriage Liberal evangelical Ron Sider makes a strong case in favor of the ancient…
Through Yoga to Christianity
In the early 1990s I was living a high-stress lifestyle: running a successful international business and raising…
Race Matters
Americans like to think of their history as a success story. And so, by most measures, and…
The End of the Bernardin Era
Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin died on November 14, 1996, after a moving and profoundly Christian battle with…
A Philosopher in the Twilight
In his preface to the Philosophy of Right, Hegel famously remarks that the owl of Minerva takes…
Culture and the Light of Faith
Since the Enlightenment it has been fashionable to denounce Christians for prostituting the legacy of classical culture.…
The Good News About Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is not what it used to be. Evangelicals were once derided for being uneducated, unsophisticated, and…
The Catholic I Am
In recent years those of us who are Lutherans have witnessed a steady stream of Lutheran theologians—many…
Faith and Responsibility
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell Simon…
A Review of Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass edited by Yuval…
A Review of Every Riven Thing
Every Riven Thing by Christian Wiman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 93 pages, $24 n Christian Wiman is…
A Jihad Against Anti-Semitism
The Jew Is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism by Tarek Fatah Mcclelland…
The Real Myth
The Myth of American Religious Freedom by David Sehat Oxford, 368 pages, $29.95 n Conservatives, argues David…
The Coens Keep the Faith
Famous for the Oscar-winning movies Fargo and No Country for Old Men , the team of filmmaking…
Squaring the Circle
The Conservative Foundations of the Liberal Order: Defending Democracy Against Its Modern Enemies and Immoderate Friends by…
Magnificat
Already gravid, she ascended, nearly bereft of any solace, faith, or hope. The pregnant matron, proudly and…
Now Once Again
Now once again the glaring moon, A mirror in the midnight sky, A single flower in an…
Eleven
players on a soccer team stars in Joseph’s second dream odd reversible and prime dimensions (counting space…
Pilgrimage
Six days a week, this solo pilgrimage across the wildnerness of weedy sloughs and uphill root-snares and…
Father Tom Leads the Faithful in Prayer
We pray first for our Pope. Lend him the strength to cope with those who have no…