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Opinion

January Letters 39

Various

Knowledge for the Sake of Knowledge

Edward Tingley

In the unforgettable Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger’s wearied heroine, recovering from some kind of spiritual crisis,…

The Reappearing Nuclear Family

David Blankenhorn

As if it didn’t have enough to fret about, the two-parent American family got taken for quite…

Hard Thoughts in Wartime

James Nuechterlein

November 21, 2001. As of this date, the American war against terrorism is going better than almost…

Jews and Compassionate Conservatism

Murray Friedman Alan L. Mittleman

Since September 11, President Bush has placed much of his domestic policy agenda on hold. Yet we…

Essays

Religious Freedom in a Time of War

Richard John Neuhaus

It was a mighty battle and alleluias ascended when, in the late 1990s, religious freedom was institutionally…

Reviews

One Man’s Bach

Michael Linton

The True Life of J.S. Bach By Klaus Eidam , translated by Hoyt Rogers Basic. 432 pp.…

Briefly Noted 39

Various

David’s Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King By Baruch Halpern Eerdmans. 492 pp. $30 This book is,…

Faith Seeking Explanation

Paul J. Griffiths

Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought By Pascal Boyer Basic. 375 pp. $27.50 Pascal Boyer…

The Popular Adams

Michael Zuckert

John Adams By David McCullough Simon & Schuster. 752 pp. $35 Ever since 1776 John Adams and…

Taking Responsibility

R. R. Reno

With the Grain of the Universe: The Church’s Witness and Naural Theology By Stanley Hauerwas Brazos. 250…

Poetry

September 2001

Joseph Bottum

We meet our griefs again when work is through and do with words what little words can…

Requiem

Sally Thomas

A payload of people phoning home: their ghost voices linger, caught on tapes, rewound, rewound, as if…

Jerusalem Artichoke

Deborah Warren

It’s not , though: Anyone can tell you this is absolutely not an artichoke. And the Jerusalem…