There’s no such thing as a Bonhoeffer moment
Dietrich Bonhoeffer didn’t choose to be a martyr. He simply tried, as many others did, to be decent in the face of evil.
Do-gooder dilemma
During the 1890s, almost 200,000 Armenians were...
Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It
The phrase “family values” became an early catchword in the culture wars....
Clowns and jokers
Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth. By Joe Conason. St. Martin's, 240 pp., $24.95...
Learning from History and The Holocaust Encyclopedia
Two recent books reflect contrasting approaches to the study of the Holocaust....
Guilt and complexity: The Holocaust's lessons for the church
Controversy about the role of the Vatican and Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust has raged ever since Rolf Hochhuth’s play The Deputy was first performed in 1965, but the debate has ...
Dangerous Diplomacy, by Theo Tschuy
One of the most unusual rescuers of European Jews during the Holocaust was Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz....
The sound of faith
My Only Comfort: Death, Deliverance, and Discipleship in the Music of Bach, by Calvin R. StapertJohanne Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, by Christoph Wolff...
Payback? Racism, reparations and accountability: Racism, reparations and accountability
In 1969, I dropped out of college, moved to Racine, Wisconsin, and worked for a community action program and then for a welfare rights organization....