Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Priests of Culture
The New Testament’s epistle to the Hebrews was written to Jewish converts in the early Church who…
Denomination and Church
Evangelical Reunion: Denominations And The Body Of Christ by john m. frame baker book house, 185 pages,…
Tolerance as Catholic Doctrine
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves,” wrote Abraham Lincoln. Is there any…
On the Death of Literature
The Death Of Literature by Alvin Kernan Yale University Press, 240 pages, $22.50 Those who began to…
To Students of Divinity: A Convocation Address
People who talk overmuch about beginning a new phase of life often appear quite foolish. After all,…
Christianity in the Mirror of Jewish Thought
What do modern Jewish thinkers make of Christianity? Is Christianity in their eyes still the oppressive, pervasive…
Pluralism and the Otherness of World Religions
I We have witnessed in recent years the flowering of various Christian pluralistic theologies calling for unequivocal…
Christ, Culture & the New Europe
The Synod of European bishops that took place in Rome last year engaged a wide range of…
Mystery and Desire
Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen HarperCollins, 179 pages, $20 Ron Hanen’s Mariette in Ecstasy is a…
Hauerwas Examined
After Christendom? by Stanley Hauerwas Abingdon Press, 192 pages, $12.95 Stanley Hauerwas once told me that After…
Sacrifice
This slender stem—the wax-imprisonedsoulof candle’s being—Ignited,starts theslowdescenttoward death;Convertingits encasing fleshto molten dropsthat hanglike tears upon a cheek,the…
By the Road South of Fairplay, Georgia
It assaults the eye, the Ponder familygraveyard, with twin obelisks visiblehalf a mile away. Inside its fence,weeds,…
Marriage in Counterpoint and Harmony
If one were to seek a connecting thread that runs through the biblical witness, a good candidate…
The Rapist and the Virgin
It may just have been a throwaway line, a presumed witticism, to which he gave little thought;…
Suya Wars
Most Americans believe, when they think of the issue at all, that our disputes over the role…
