June/July 2008
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N.T. Wright Responds to Richard John Neuhaus
I know the comments in the April 2008 issue weren’t a review of my recent book Surprised…
Amis Amiss
Long, long ago, in the years just preceding the Second World War”as Germany was overrunning Czechoslovakia and…
More on the Ethics of Immigration
William W. Chip writes: In “The Ethics of Immigration,” a debate in last month’s issue of First…
Zionism for Christians
Israel always matters . Biblical scholars have devoted endless pages to ancient Israel as a religious idea,…
The End of Art
Nearly everyone cares—or says he cares—about art. After all, art ennobles the spirit, elevates the mind, and…
Two Thomisms,
Two Modernities
The past century and a half of papal teaching on modern times often seems a tangle: any…
Sure and Certain Hope
Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews _ by Kevin J. Madigan and Jon D.…
The Shadow of a Doubt
The Origins of Reasonable Doubt by James Q. Whitman Yale University Press, 288 pages, $40 The life…
All Too Human
Devices of the Soul: Battling for Our Selves in an Age of Machines by Steve Talbott O’Reilly,…
Scandal and Canon Law
Before Dallas: The U.S. Bishops’ Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse of Children by Nicholas P. Cafardi Paulist,…
Briefly Noted 218
Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal by Rob Riemen Yale, 160 pages, $22 This is an admirable…
The Zone
A zone of promise throbs along the horizon where May meets June. Sweet leaf or sap smells:…
The Face of Morning
A morning showed its harsh and angry face, And people stumbling through the slush were stressed. They…
Flight 175, Row 28
I know if I just sleep they’ll go away. The person sitting next to me is sweating…
The Widow of Niam
I follow the rank corpse, holding my breath, prepared to bury my son forevermore; a widow left…
You
You come to me in thick old roots of night While trucks are changing gears, although you…
The Devil in the Clock
You come to me in thick old roots of night While trucks are changing gears, although you…
The Perks
Why is Satan not too hot in hell? He doesn’t seem to suffer like the rest Who…
Animal Psalms
The Skunk (Psalm 23) I am anointed too, brushed with his broad mark. He leads me safely…
