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Who’s in Hell? Avery Cardinal Dulles’ characteristically clear and comprehensive article “The Population of Hell” (May) brings home a concern that many of us share with even saintly people of the past. The question of the salvation of the apparent unbeliever or of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians. By F. E. Peters. Princeton University Press. 285 pp. $28. Clearly the reading public needs a book describing Islam that avoids trendy multiculturalism as well as Christian rejectionism. That is precisely what F. E. Peters provides in this lucid guide. Peters . . . . Continue Reading »

In “Ordaining Women: Two Views” (April), Sarah Hinlicky Wilson writes that “if the female cannot represent Christ because of her femininity, it is hard to understand how Christ in his masculinity can represent her in his death and resurrection.” It is not the case that a . . . . Continue Reading »

An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches. By John Binns. Cambridge University Press. 270 pp. $22 . The Reverend John Binns, vicar of the University Church and a director of the Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies at Cambridge University, provides this sympathetic survey of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Getting the Story Right Stephen M. Barr’s “Retelling the Story of Science” (March) provides an excellent framework for understanding the relationship between science and religious faith, and a much-needed retelling of the twentieth-century “story of science.” But while many . . . . Continue Reading »

The Future of Catholic Biblical Scholarship: A Constructive Conversation. By Luke Timothy Johnson and William S. Kurz, S.J. Eerdmans. 299 pp. $24 paper . The conversation is between two biblical scholars over the modern historical approach to the Bible and its consequences for the Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »

During the course of his provocative essay “The Virtue of Hate” (February), Rabbi Meir Soloveichik refers to the Mishnaic tractate Ethics of the Fathers. It is a pity that he didn’t heed an important exhortation from that tractate: “O learned ones, do be careful with your words!” In . . . . Continue Reading »

Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. By Michael Dauphinais and Matthew Levering. University of Notre Dame Press. 146 pp. $14 paper. In the Prologue of the Summa Theologiae , Thomas Aquinas set forth his intent in the words of the Apostle, “As unto . . . . Continue Reading »

I was impressed by George Weigel’s provocative article, “Moral Clarity in a Time of War” (January), which applies the Catholic doctrine of just warfare—when it is to be engaged in and how it is to be conducted—to a possible preemptive war by the United States and whatever allies it can . . . . Continue Reading »

Religious Liberty in America: Political Safeguards. By Louis Fisher. University Press of Kansas. 266 pp. $16.95 paper. Louis Fisher surveys the full sweep of U.S. history”from colonial debates about religious liberty to modern judicial, legislative, and executive positions on the status of . . . . Continue Reading »