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Theology as Knowledge
James R. Stoner, Jr. Who stripped the public square and left it naked? That puts the matter a bit abruptly, but it is worth asking why religion lost its...
The Naked Public
The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America by Richard John Neuhaus was published in 1984. Herewith, twenty years later, reflections on the influence of the book and...
The Supreme Court 1997
To help the reader understand the background of the following commentaries, we asked Robert P. George of Princeton University for a brief summary of the 1996-97 cases related to...
The Gospel of Life: A Symposium
Avery Dulles In general terms, Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), which was issued by John Paul II last March, is an analysis of the “culture of death” and...