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Articles
The Christian University: Eleven Theses
by Richard John Neuhaus
The Christian University: A Call to Counterrevolution
Gertrude Himmelfarb
by Gertrude Himmelfarb
The Abortion Cocktail
by Bernard N. Nathanson
To Be a Prophet for the People
by Jonathan Sacks
Islam Partially Perceived
by Bernard Lewis
What Happened at Beijing
by Mary Ann Glendon
Post-Communism and Its Discontents
by Tomas Halik
Reviews
Beyond Pluralism
by Paul J. Griffiths
Belonging
by Gilbert Meilaender
Feeling Good
by Daniel N. Robinson
The Marrying Kind
by Elizabeth Kristol
The Limits of Pragmatism
by Phillip E. Johnson
Briefly Noted 122
by Various
The Gathered Community
by Nancy T. Ammerman
Opinion
Starting Over
by James Nuechterlein
Hard to Remember
by John Rodden
Swearing to Life
Joseph R. Stanton, E. Joanne Angelo, and Marianne Rea-Luthin
by Marianne Rea-Luthin
Berlin Again and Again
by Peter L. Berger
Letters
Anti-Christian America?
by Various
Poetry
The Grudge
Jeanne Murray Walker
by Jeanne Murray Walker
Subway
Bridget Ellen Muller
by Bridget Ellen Muller
Bishop Colenso on the Pentateuch
Daniel James Sundahl
by Daniel James Sundahl
After a Dream of Clare and Francis of Assisi
Steven Lautermilch
by Steven Lautermilch
The Public Square
John Paul II Plays “The Capital of the World”
by Richard John Neuhaus
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