Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For
U2 rock star and humanitarian Bono has come in for some recent criticism. According to Advertising Age…
For the Sake of Civil Argument
Talk about “criminalizing political differences” is again rife in the wake of the conviction of Scooter Libby.…
Varieties of Religious Certitude
In a recent essay in the Times Literary Supplement , Steven Weinberg suggested that the reason the…
Humanism and Health Care
I got a letter, a signed letter, from Senator Barack Obama the other day¯me and several million…
Christianity Is an Enemy That Gives Hedges Meaning
The audience was shocked. Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize¯winning reporter, delivered a Princeton University lecture on the…
Harvey Cox’s Secular City
In the next few days (March 19), Harvard theologian Harvey Cox will be celebrating his seventy-eighth birthday.…
Moderate Muslims, the Writing of History, and Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
I see that Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali has made it to the bestseller lists. Hirsi Ali,…
Metaphysical America
A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion by catherine l. albanese…
A River Runs Through It
David Brooks once offered an explanation for an editorial job he held¯one of those jobs where you…
Catholic Nursing Homes to Be Forced to Permit Assisted Suicide
“Choice” my foot: If the new bill to legalize assisted suicide in California (A.B. 374) becomes law,…
William & Mary’s Chapel at a Crossroad
In October of 2006, William & Mary’s new college president, Gene R. Nichol, ordered the altar cross…
The Closing of the American Mind Revisited
The most recent number of The Intercollegiate Review, published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, features a symposium…
Battles Ancient and New for the Armenian Church
Earlier this month, as it has for many centuries, the Armenian Church commemorated the Feast of St.…
T.S. Eliot, Mother Teresa, and the Children of Darkness
Whatever the merits or demerits of Craig Raine’s new biography, T.S. Eliot , and Terry Eagleton thinks…
The Anglicans: What Happened in Tanzania
“We came very close to separation,” said Archbishop Gregory Venables of this weekend’s meeting of global Anglican…
