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August/September 1997 Issue
- 30 Articles
Correspondence
, pp. 2-12
This Time
Oh, Canada?
James Nuechterlein
, pp. 13-14
Opinion
Conflicting Worlds of Welfare Reform
Lawrence M. Mead
, pp. 15-16
The San Francisco Solution
William J. Levada
, pp. 17-18
Canada's Judicial Captivity
Ian A. Hunter
, p. 19
Now for Some Good News
Frederica Mathewes-Green
, pp. 20-22
Poetry
Andre Ryerson
, p. 23
Articles
End No Fault Divorce? Yes
Maggie Gallagher
, pp. 24-26
End No Fault Divorce? No
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
, pp. 27-29
Poetry
J. Bottum
, p. 30
Suicide Is Not a Private Choice
David Novak
, pp. 31-34
Who Elected Clinton
John Green, Lyman Kellstedt, James Guth, and Corwin Smidt, ...
, pp. 35-40
A Collision of Values
China's Christian History
Charles Horner
, pp. 41-45
Poetry
J. Bottum
, p. 46
Documentation
That They May Have Life
, pp. 47-52
A Statement of the Lutheran Church---Missouri Synod
Books
[+]
Mailer's Jesus
(Review)
J. Bottum
, pp. 53-55
The Gospel According to the Son, by Norman Mailer
The Gospel According to the Son
by Norman Mailer
[+]
Witches Sometimes Cry
(Review)
Hadley Arkes
, pp. 56-60
Wild Beasts and Idle Humours, by Daniel N. Robinson
Wild Beasts and Idle Humours
by Daniel N. Robinson
[+]
Right Turn
(Review)
Ramesh Ponnuru
, pp. 61-65
Radical Son, by David Horowitz
Radical Son
by David Horowitz
[+]
The Choosing People
(Review)
Gary Rosen
, pp. 66-67
The Vanishing American Jew, by Alan M. Dershowitz
The Vanishing American Jew
by Alan M. Dershowitz
[+]
Rising from the Ashes
(Review)
Christopher Shannon
, pp. 68-69
Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
[+]
Briefly Noted
(9 Reviews)
, p. 70
[+]
Review
Making Christ Known, by John R.W. Stott
(Review)
Michael Cromartie
, p. 70
Making Christ Known
by John R.W. Stott
[+]
Review
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Isla...
(Review)
Edward T. Oakes, S.J.
, pp. 70-71
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam
by Bat Ye'or
[+]
Review
Telling God's Story, by Gerard Loughlin
(Review)
Thomas Guarino
, p. 72
Telling God's Story
by Gerard Loughlin
[+]
Review
Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer, by Charles Marsh
(Review)
Alan Jacobs
, p. 72
Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer
by Charles Marsh
[+]
Review
Environmental Ethics and Christian Humanism, b...
(Review)
, p. 72
Environmental Ethics and Christian Humanism
by Thomas Sieger Derr
[+]
Review
The Right Choice, by Paul T. Stallsworth
(Review)
, p. 72
The Right Choice
by Paul T. Stallsworth
[+]
Review
Christian Faith and the Theological Life, by R...
(Review)
, p. 73
Christian Faith and the Theological Life
by Romanus Cessario
[+]
Review
Covenant and Commitments, by Max L. Stackhouse
(Review)
, p. 73
Covenant and Commitments
by Max L. Stackhouse
[+]
Review
The Priestly Office, by Avery Dulles
(Review)
, p. 73
The Priestly Office
by Avery Dulles
The Public Square
In the Beauty of Holiness, etc.
Richard John Neuhaus
, pp. 74-94
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