December 2000
America’s Most Influential Journal of Religion and Public Life
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Animal Rights
David R. Carlin presents a believable argument in the first few paragraphs of “ Rights, Animal and…
What Jacques Barzun Believes, Maybe
The Public Square I share fully the pleasure that our reviewer, John J. Reilly, takes in Jacques…
A Pro–Life Loss of Nerve?
There are times when it is hard to accept that advocates of legal abortion mean what they…
That Lousy War: Explaining Vietnam
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy by robert s. mcnamara, with james…
Philosophy in an Old Key
Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper By Bryan Magee…
Peace When?
It seems that Bill Clinton won’t get that Nobel Peace Prize after all. On no issue of…
Joe Lieberman as Rorschach Test
As this issue goes to press, the result of the November election is unknown. But whatever the…
Evangelicals in the Church of Mary
“The Protestants were out at the pro“life ball,” my Catholic friend told me, with some agitation. “They…
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
As I write these words, The Holocaust Industry is causing enormous debate in British intellectual circles. It…
Sing Unto the Lord
Jon Vickers:A Hero’s Lifeby jeannie williamsnortheastern university press, 432 pages, $29.95 In opera, it’s good to be…
A Jewish Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews:Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianityby paula fredriksenknopf, 320 pages,…
The Book of Heaven: An Anthology of Writings from Ancient to Modern Times
Heaven is not simply a theological, literary, or artistic phenomenon. It is experiential: in moments of play,…
We the People: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Supreme Court
That redoubtable crew, the writers who brought forth the symposium “ The End of Democracy? The Judicial…
Briefly Noted 28
Deus Trinitas: The Doctrine of the Triune God By David Coffey Oxford University Press. 196 pp. $35…
Defining Social Justice
Last year marked the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Hayek, among whose many contributions…
