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Tuning the E string: An enduring harmony as certain as the groaning of the world
A man I know raised four children with few requirements of them. But one of those few was that each of them learn to play a musical instrument....
Terror script
George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon are working from the same play book, and for the moment, they are winning their wars against terrorism. But their strategy will ultimately fail....
Still burning
Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers is getting lots of publicity these days....
In the beginning
The first thing that strikes us about Lucille Clifton’s poetry is what is missing: capitalization, punctuation, long and plentiful lines....
Unity journey energized
For years premature rumors circulated about the demise of the Consultation on Church Union—the 40-year-old theological dialogue in which nine U.S....
The bigger picture
My guess is that most middle-aged people when prodded to consider “aging” think immediately about what the flesh is heir to....
Stranger in the aisle
As I emerged from the dairy aisle in the neighborhood supermarket and turned toward the bagels, I spotted my old friend Terry Regan over near the soups....
Women in Islam
When former secretary of State Madeleine Albright was fielding questions about Afghanistan recently, one inquirer asked about the role of women in Islam, citing the miserable treatment of females i...
Late-night seminar: John 3:1-17
Portrayed as a cowardly dolt, Nicodemus is usually spotted skulking about under cover of darkness.
Bedrock truths: Matthew 4:1-11
The Tempter will return again and again. But we are never left alone.
Homecoming
Director Wes Anderson's vision in his latest and (so far) greatest film, The Royal Tenenbaums, is so singular that it is difficult to isolate its individual elements....
Trinity, Time, and Church, edited by Colin E. Gunton
By any measure--longevity, productivity, respect, acuity--Robert W. Jenson is a great theologian....
Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity, by Kathryn Tanner
Kathryn Tanner's first book, God and Creation in Christian Theology (1988), was technical, austere and tremendously important....
Most Moved Mover and Searching for an Adequate God
Just as the divisive issue of biblical inerrancy dominated evangelical theological discussion in the 1970s, so the issue of God's "openness" has increasingly dominated it recently....
From Anarchy to Power, by Wendy M. Grossman
Is the culture of the Web something genuinely new, or is it merely "human nature plugged-in"?...
Stealth politics
President Bush has told Congress to stop its “partisan bickering” and pass his economic stimulus package....
Front lines of terrorism
September 11 and December 13—to Indians, the events of these days were startlingly similar....