Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Pop Goes the Culture
We made a mistake in a recent public symposium by saying, in response to a question, that…
The University in Moral Shambles
The good news is that more people are paying attention to the bad news. In the past…
The Christian Intellectual Tradition
It is easy to get religion, something else to hold on to it. It’s like dieting—many find…
The WCC at Canberra: Which Spirit?
In the theological world, Liberation theologies express the yearning for human wholeness . . . They reread…
Editorial: Christian Mission and the Third Millennium
Christianity is an inherently missionary faith. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the last word of the…
The Decline and Fall of the Christian College (II)
The first part of this essay, published in last month’s issue, recounted how the process of estrangement…
Pacifism, Just War & the Gulf: An Exchange
IJanuary 30, 1991 Dear Richard, Your column in the Wall Street Journal (January 23, 1991), “Just War…
Alasdair MacIntyre’s University
Three Rival Versions of Moral Inquiry by alasdair macintyre university of notre dame press, 241 pages, $24.95…
What Crisis in the Black Church?
The Black Church in the African American Experience by c. eric lincoln and lawrence h. mamiya duke…
Across the Gulf of Faith
Jewish Perspectives on Christianity edited by franz a. rothschild crossroad, 363 pages, $29.50 The interfaith dialogue between…
Boys and Girls: The Long Way Back to the Obvious
Surveys provide additional evidence that Americans are returning to “traditional values.” Traditional values is usually a synonym…
Do You Believe What You Sing?
Why Catholics Can’t Sing:The Culture of Catholicism and the Triumph of Bad Tasteby thomas daycrossroad, 177 pages,…
Careless Flying
I I have been considering the ravens, who live without worrying and have no bins or barns…
A Modern Jeremiad
The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics by christopher lasch w. w. norton, 576 pages,…
storms
the wind’s blown stars to powder in the sky’s blueso the morning’s pale and clear, soft as…
