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Conceiving Parenthood
It has become fashionable in some theological and political quarters to eschew the term libera l in favor of progressive . The linguistic victory for conservatives by which the...
Not Your Father’s Pornography
Back in college, before he was a successful lawyer and practicing Catholic, a friend of mine was at his fraternity house one night, partying with his friends while they...
God Cannot Be Understood, Only Adored
Whatever one thinks about whether it is possible for Christian theology to be systematic—and there are good reasons to think not—we can at least say it is good manners...
Unchurching
Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor. HarperSanFrancisco. 224 pp. $23.95. There are really two books here. One is a pastoral memoir about Taylor’s falling out with her parish and...
