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The Return to Scripture in Judaism and Christianity. Edited by Peter Ochs. Paulist Press. 378 pp. $18.95 paper. This collection originated in a colloquium of distinguished religious thinkers-Moshe Greenberg, Hans Frei, George Lindbeck, Steven Fraade, and Peter Ochs-held at Yale in 1987-88. Out of . . . . Continue Reading »

The Making of a President? It was with eager anticipation that I read the Opinion “A President in Process” by editor James Nuechterlein (February). But after failing to express any opinion at all and being unable to find any nice and neat category in which to drop President Clinton, the . . . . Continue Reading »

As the Second Millennium draws to a close, the Christian mission in world history faces a moment of daunting opportunity and responsibility. If in the merciful and mysterious ways of God the Second Coming is delayed, we enter upon a Third Millennium that could be, in the words of John Paul II, . . . . Continue Reading »

Martyrs and Martyrologies edited by Diana Wood Blackwell, 497 pages, $64.95 The story of Christian martyrs of the twentieth century is yet to be told, and one of the merits of this collection of learned essays, consisting of papers read at the Summer 1992 and Winter 1993 meetings of the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Religion of Journalists Stanley Rothman has written a thoughtful critique (“Religion’s Bad Press,” January) of the report “Bridging the Gap: Religion and the News Media,” coauthored by myself and the Rev. Jimmy L. Allen. Since I had major responsibility for its . . . . Continue Reading »

Catholicism, Chicago Style by Ellen Skerrett, Edward R. Kantowicz, and Steven M. Avella Loyola University Press, 194 pages, $35 cloth, $21.95 paper The City of Broad Shoulders has long considered itself to be the home of a particularly vibrant form of Catholicism. And while the strains of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Heidegger on Appeal: An Exchange Re: December’s First Things piece on Heidegger (“The People versus Martin Heidegger”): quite simply, both Heidegger and Nazi ideology were nihilistic. That Heidegger’s cant on Angst, Sorge , man as Sein zum Tod , and incomprehensible . . . . Continue Reading »

Public Education: An Autopsy by Myron Lieberman Harvard University Press, 379 pages, $27.95 The School-Choice Controversy: What is Constitutional? edited by James W. Skillen Baker Book House/Center for Public Justice, 128 pages, $6.99 paper Two new entries in the never-ending stream of books . . . . Continue Reading »

On the Moral Sense As one who usually finds Gilbert Meilaender’s contributions to First Things interesting, insightful, and provocative, I am quite surprised by his negative review of James Q. Wilson’s The Moral Sense (November 1993). To my lights, Wilson’s book is one of the best . . . . Continue Reading »

The Kingdom and the Power: Rediscovering the Centrality of the Church . By Peter J. Leithart. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing House (Phillipsburg, Pa.). 269 pp. $11.95 paper. If you appreciate Peter Leithart’s sprightly opinion pieces in these pages, you will want to get this powerful . . . . Continue Reading »