March 2004
Episcopalian Preferences Revisited
I very much appreciated reading Philip Turner’s ruminations about “The Episcopalian Preference” (November 2003). I have thought…
Gibson’s Passion
From mosaics and music to paintings and plays, the arts have proven to be a mighty vehicle…
A Jury of One’s Godless Peers
Reading First Things may disqualify you from sitting on a jury, at least if a lawyer decides…
Evangelicals in the Dock
It’s called straining a gnat and swallowing a camel. At its annual meeting in Atlanta in November…
Briefly Noted 18
“We Are Lincoln Men”: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends. By David Herbert Donald. Simon & Schuster. 269…
Jefferson’s Demons: Portrait of a Restless Mind
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a little different from the other great monuments of Washington, D.C. Standing…
Art: A New History
Yes, it is possible to write a single-volume general history of art, if you narrow the definition…
Timeless Cities: An Architect’s Reflections on Renaissance Italy
In the moderately memorable 1997 movie The Edge , Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin portray characters marooned…
The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth
Few, if any, other theologians could have written The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian…