Arts & Letters
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Hitler 1936–1945: Nemesis
The question Ian Kershaw faces in the second volume of his massive biography is whether Hitler’s life…
A Bishop’s Tale: Mathias Hovius Among His Flock in Seventeenth–Century Flander
Those who think that today’s Catholic Church has problems reining in its errant clergy should read Craig…
Beware of Counterfeit
Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics by Jean Porter Eerdmans, 399 pages, $28…
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Democracy in America . By Alexis de Tocqueville. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey C.…
The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion
Forty years ago, publications in the boundary regions where religious belief and natural science both claim an…
Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion
There is a great deal to be said for grand mistakes, clearly and prolifically expounded; they force…
The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism
In the course of the lectures that later became The Idea of a University , John Henry…
The Dangers of Dickerson
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Arguing Israel and the Holocaust
It seems unavoidable that history will always link the reestablishment of the State of Israel with the…
Animal Rights
David R. Carlin presents a believable argument in the first few paragraphs of “ Rights, Animal and…
Legal Theories Nobody Believes
The Warren Court and American Politics by Lucas A. Powe, Jr. Harvard University Press. 566 pp. $35…
The Pope in Israel
Correspondence (November 2000) Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 107 (November 2000): 2-8. The Pope in Israel It…
Goo–Goo Time
We are in the heart of an election season, which means we are also deep in goo“goo…
How Intelligent Is Intelligent Design?
How Intelligent Is Intelligent Design? Stephen C. Meyer’s article “DNA and Other Designs” (April) captures the heart…
Pontius Pilate
Next to Julius Caesar, Pontius Pilate”the governor of Judea who sent Jesus to the cross”is probably the…
