American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Body’s Possibilities
One week after the terrorist attacks of September 11, I went to the ballet. I wasn’t looking…
February Letters 40
Darwin’s MoralityBenjamin Wiker’s attack on me (“Darwin and the Descent of Morality,” November 2001) contains many errors.…
The Churches and Israel
Christian Attitudes Towards the State of Israel By Paul Charles Merkley McGill-Queen’s University Press, 266 pages, $44.95…
In a Time of War: An Exchange
In their editorial “In a Time of War” (December 2001), the Editors of First Things declare: “One…
Jews and Compassionate Conservatism
Since September 11, President Bush has placed much of his domestic policy agenda on hold. Yet we…
One Man’s Bach
The True Life of J.S. Bach By Klaus Eidam , translated by Hoyt Rogers Basic. 432 pp.…
Requiem
A payload of people phoning home: their ghost voices linger, caught on tapes, rewound, rewound, as if…
Knowledge for the Sake of Knowledge
In the unforgettable Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger’s wearied heroine, recovering from some kind of spiritual crisis,…
Religious Freedom: Innovation and Development
According to John Henry Newman, whose two hundredth birthday we celebrated in February 2001, Christianity came into…
The Indulgence Controversy, Again
Most Protestants may not be able to give a precise explanation of the doctrine of justification or,…
Passion Stomp
The ovation at the close of its premiere in Stuttgart was so raucous that people out on…
In a Time of War
This is war. Call it a sustained battle or campaign, if you will, but the relevant moral…
A Lethal Evolution
It started with a headache. It ended with a shocking death, a devastated family, a tarnished reputation…
September 11–Before and After
The Public Square September 11. This is written the day after, just under the deadline for this…
Darwin and the Descent of Morality
An important part of the current controversy over the theoretical status of evolutionary theory concerns its moral…
