January 2014
America’s Most Influential Journal of Religion and Public Life
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Richard John Neuhaus, Father
I did not think I knew much about death. In high school, my headmaster reminded us constantly…
Letters
Pharisees In “Marriage Matters” (“Public Square,” November), R. R. Reno wondered how such a display of “public”…
Richard Burridge’s Achievement
In late October, Richard Burridge, dean of King’s College London and professor of biblical interpretation there, was…
Harvard and the Humanities
n Harvard professors do a bad job of holding on to freshmen. In the last eleven incoming…
From a Lost World
This year, of course, we mark the centenary of the beginning of the end. It was in…
Sinai’s Universalism
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks derives two messages from Jeremiah 29. One is that Jewish life may continue, even…
On Creative Minorities
Almost exactly twenty-six centuries ago, a man not otherwise known for his positive psychology sat down to…
The Light of the Torah
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has composed a message to the Christian community replete with intellectual light and…
On Dominant Minorities
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has made a compelling case for the creative and culturally dynamic role that…
Camus Between God and Nothing
I happened to be in Paris several years ago on the evening they were giving out the…
Celibacy as Political Resistance
Just weeks before the 2012 election, in a discussion held in the gymnasium of a small Midwestern…
Hebraism Redoubled
The blow to Christian egos may not be such a bad thing. Christians, particularly those in the…
ENDA
ENDA When I was a grade-school student in Baltimore, young men with black skin were chased out…
Sinai’s Universalism
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks derives two messages from Jeremiah 29. One is that Jewish life may continue, even…
The Broken Body
A Brutal Unity: The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church by ephraim radner baylor, 482 pages, $59.95…
Transparently Honest
George Orwell: A Life in Letters edited by peter davison liveright, 524 pages, $35 When, in her…
Briefly Noted
Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters by amy andrews and jessica mesman griffith loyola,…
Criticism’s Limits
Politicizing the Bible: The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture, 1300–1700 by scott w.…
Wise Helmsman
Writing from Left to Right: My Journey from Liberal to Conservative by michael novak image, 336 pages,…
Explaining Agamben
The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government by giorgio agamben translated…
On Taddeo di Bartolo’s “Triptych of the Madonna and Child”
“Triptych of the Madonna and Child with Angel Musicians, St. John the Baptist, and St. Jerome”(1400, in…
Child in Cradle with Kneeling Girl
Vincent van Gogh pencil and charcoal drawing, 1883 She has no gold, no myrrh, no frankincense, Yet…
Babeuf at the Scaffold
François Noël Babeuf (1760–1797), known as “Gracchus,” was a French revolutionary and social incendiary. He was the…
The Coventry Carol
Driving on the Solstice, tuning in to Public Radio, I heard a voice, legitimately trained, a little…
Punching the Clock
Our children, now lanky teenagers and just past The part where it’s all about them, are hilariously…
The End Is Near
The last few monks retreat in monasteries, the vigilant in town consult well-thumbed survival guides, and all…
Quebec
The tourists traipse; the sights go by, a blur of cramped and cobbled streets where faux cafés…
