June/July 2003
June/July Letters
Getting the Story Right Stephen M. Barr’s “Retelling the Story of Science” (March) provides an excellent framework…
Secularism at Bay
Among the many notable decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in the area of religion was the…
What God Knows
There is a medium-sized theological brouhaha stirring within the evangelical academy these days, and, unlike some of…
Justice Stevens’ Religion Problem
On many occasions the Supreme Court has declared that the religion clause of the First Amendment prohibits…
Modernism, Science, and Spirituality
Exploring the Invisible: Art, Science, and the Spiritual by lynn gamwell princeton university press, 344 pages, $49.95…
Building from the Wreckage
In the Ruins of the Church: Sustaining Faith in an Age of Diminished Christianity by R.R. Reno…
Briefly Noted 54
An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches. By John Binns. Cambridge University Press. 270 pp. $22 .…
A Relevant Traditionalist
Essential Essays on Judaism by Eliezer Berkovits editied by David Hazony Shalem. 393 pp. $22.95 paper. During…
Servants of One Sovereign Master
God, Locke, and Equality by Jeremy Waldron Cambridge University Press. 263 pp. $22 paper The account of…
Second-Hand Civ.
Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization by Rémi Brague Translated by Samuel Lester St. Augustine’s. 205…
Revolutionary Perspectives
To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders by bernard bailyn knopf,…
One Darkest Night
One darkest night I went, aflame with love’s devouring eager burning— O fortunate event!— no witnesses discerning,…
Church Clothes
The chameleon charms with wizardry to escape his humble lizardry, blending in with vain show blizzardry, Chameleon…
Atque Vale
From Georgia, through South Carolina, North Carolina, around Greenville and Charlotte, across the Tugaloo River, and the…
The Concert
It offers many dividends: The opportunity to meet And chat with old and new-found friends; The amiable…
Death Song
From orchards, and gardens, and house I move on, From porcelain and goblets engraved by the potter,…