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Jean Bethke Elshtain
Jean Bethke Elshtain teaches at the University of Chicago.
Conceiving Parenthood: American Protestantism and the Spirit of Reproduction
Those familiar with Amy Laura Hall’s work will recognize in Conceiving Parenthood her characte...
Anti-Semitism or anti-Judaism? The politics of recognition
When people speak loosely of anti-Semitism, do they have in mind a religiously derived separation from Judaism on the part of Christians historically, or a pernicious racialist theory?...
Terrorism and 'just war'; an old tradition, new challenges: Seeking justice
The mainstream of Christian ethics has contended that there can be a legitimate or “just” use of military force—legitimacy being determined by a variety of factors, such as th...
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