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  1. The ambassador goes home
    James Finn
    Commonweal, October 21, 1988, pp. 548-550
  2. Articles
    American Catholics Turn Left
    James Finn
    Dissent, July 1966, pp. 352-360
  3. 'The Amnesty Issue'
    Joan Bishop, Richard R. Fernandez, and James Finn, ...
    An Exchange of Views
    Commonweal, December 22, 1972, pp. 277-278
  4. The Amnesty Issue
    James Finn
    Commonweal, November 3, 1972, pp. 105-108
  5. Books
    [+]
    Believers as Artists (Review)
    James Finn
    The Theological Novel of Modern Europe, by Kurt F. Reinhardt
    1. The Theological Novel of Modern Europe by Kurt F. Reinhardt
    The New Republic, March 22, 1969, pp. 23-24
  6. [+]
    Briefly Noted (Review)
    James Finn
    The Philosopher and the Provocateur, by Bernard Doering, Jacques Maritain, and Saul Ali...
    1. The Philosopher and the Provocateur by Bernard Doering, Jacques Maritain, and Saul Alinsky, ...
    First Things, June/July 1995, p. 53
  7. [+]
    The Buried Life (Review)
    James Finn
    The Narrow Lyre, by Janice D. Warnke
    1. The Narrow Lyre by Janice D. Warnke
    Commonweal, January 23, 1959, pp. 442-444
  8. A Call to Action
    James Finn
    The train leapt the tracks
    Commonweal, December 26, 1986, p. 706
  9. Castro's "Operacion Verdad"
    James Finn
    Commonweal, February 20, 1959, pp. 535-537
  10. The China Trip: A Symposium
    James Finn
    Excitement need not be euphoria
    Commonweal, March 31, 1972, p. 79
  11. Articles
    Citizen Soldier
    James Finn
    Commonweal, April 24, 1998, p. 13
  12. Commonweal's Future
    James Finn
    Commonweal, November 14, 1969, p. 224
  13. A Conflict of Loyalties (1969)
    James Finn
    The Case for Selective Conscientious Objection
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  14. Conscience and Command (1971)
    James Finn
    Justice and Discipline in the Military
    3 Reviews
  15. [+]
    A Contested Legacy (Review)
    James Finn
    John Courtney Murray and the American Civil Conversation, by Robert P. Hunt and Kenneth...
    1. John Courtney Murray and the American Civil Conversation by Robert P. Hunt and Kenneth L. Grasso
    First Things, February 1993, pp. 54-56
  16. Controversy in New York
    James Finn
    Commonweal, September 12, 1958, pp. 583-585
  17. [+]
    The Council: Kaiser, Kung, Haring (3 Reviews)
    James Finn
    Pope, Council, and World, by Robert Blair Kaiser
    1. Pope, Council, and World by Robert Blair Kaiser
    2. The Council in Action by Hans Kung
    3. The Johannine Council by Bernard Haring
    Commonweal, November 8, 1963, pp. 199-201
  18. [+]
    Cozzens Dispossed (Review)
    James Finn
    By Love Possessed, by James Gould Cozzens
    1. By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens
    Commonweal, April 4, 1958, pp. 11-13
  19. Critics' Choices for Catholic Book Week
    James Finn
    Commonweal, February 21, 1958, p. 543
  20. Critics' Choices for Catholic Book Week
    James Finn
    Commonweal, February 23, 1962, p. 572
  21. Critics' Choices for Catholic Book Week
    James Finn
    Commonweal, February 28, 1964, p. 668
  22. Critics' Choices for Christmas
    James Finn
    Commonweal, December 7, 1956, p. 257
  23. Critics' Choices for Christmas
    James Finn
    Commonweal, December 6, 1957, p. 260
  24. Critics' Choices for Christmas
    James Finn
    Commonweal, December 4, 1959, p. 293
  25. Critics' Choices for Christmas
    James Finn
    Commonweal, December 8, 1961, pp. 288-289
  26. Critics' Choices for Christmas
    James Finn
    Commonweal, December 7, 1962, p. 286
  27. Critics' Choices of Catholic BOoks
    James Finn
    Commonweal, February 22, 1957, p. 540
  28. Critics's Choices for Christmas
    James Finn
    Commonweal, December 6, 1963, p. 320
  29. Cuba
    James Finn
    Beyond Harassment
    Commonweal, October 1, 1965, pp. 720-723
  30. Books
    [+]
    Daniel Berrigan winds the spring tighter (2 Reviews)
    James Finn
    The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, by Daniel Berrigan
    1. The Trial of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel Berrigan
    2. Trial Poems by Daniel Berrigan and Tom Lewis
    Commonweal, April 24, 1970, pp. 145-146
  31. [+]
    Death and Old Age (Review)
    James Finn
    Memento Mori, by Muriel Spark
    1. Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
    Commonweal, September 18, 1959, pp. 524-525
  32. Dialogue is needed
    James Finn
    Commonweal, August 13, 1982, pp. 433-434
  33. The Difference to Me
    James Finn
    Commonweal, November 4, 1960, pp. 143-145
  34. Books
    [+]
    Dimensions of the Literary Imagination (Review)
    James Finn
    Christ and Apollo, by William F. Lynch
    1. Christ and Apollo by William F. Lynch
    Commonweal, May 13, 1960, pp. 182-183
  35. The Evolving Thought of Michael Novak
    James Finn
    National Review, December 31, 1985, p. 109
  36. [+]
    Fantasist of the Intellect (Review)
    James Finn
    The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933-1969, by Jorge Luis Borges and Norman Thomas di Giova...
    1. The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933-1969 by Jorge Luis Borges and Norman Thomas di Giovanni, ...
    The New Republic, December 5, 1970, pp. 28-31
  37. The father of Studs
    James Finn
    James T. Farrell, R.I.P.
    Commonweal, November 9, 1979, p. 622
  38. [+]
    The Flea Forever (Review)
    James Finn
    The Girl in Blue, by P.G. Wodehouse
    1. The Girl in Blue by P.G. Wodehouse
    The New Republic, April 24, 1971, pp. 30-36
  39. [+]
    For Love of the World (Review)
    James Finn
    Time's Covenant, by Eugene Green and William Clancy
    1. Time's Covenant by Eugene Green and William Clancy
    Commonweal, May 22, 1987, pp. 334-336
  40. Four More Years
    James Finn
    A Vision of America
    Commonweal, December 1, 1972, p. 200
  41. Francois Mauriac
    James Finn
    Commonweal, December 25, 1970, pp. 320-321
  42. Books
    [+]
    The great 'inopportunist' (Review)
    James Finn
    Lord Acton, by Roland Hill
    1. Lord Acton by Roland Hill
    Commonweal, September 8, 2000, pp. 30-32
  43. [+]
    Greeneland (2 Reviews)
    James Finn
    Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene
    1. Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
    2. Graham Greene by John Atkins
    Commonweal, December 5, 1958, p. 267
  44. Books
    [+]
    High Standards and High Achievement (Review)
    James Finn
    The Finest Stories, by Sean O'Faolain
    1. The Finest Stories by Sean O'Faolain
    Commonweal, July 26, 1957, p. 428
  45. How not to punish China
    James Finn
    Commonweal, May 20, 1994, pp. 4-5
  46. Human Rights in Vienna
    James Finn
    First Things, November 1993, pp. 6-7
  47. The Identity of James Baldwin
    James Finn
    Commonweal, October 26, 1962, pp. 113-115
  48. [+]
    In South Africa (Review)
    James D. Finn
    The Governor's Wife, by David Unwin
    1. The Governor's Wife by David Unwin
    Commonweal, June 3, 1955, pp. 238-240
  49. [+]
    The Inscrutable Sinologists (Review)
    James Finn
    China Misperceived, by Steven W. Mosher
    1. China Misperceived by Steven W. Mosher
    First Things, April 1991, pp. 58-60
  50. Jacques Maritain
    James Finn
    Expert in Humanity
    Commonweal, May 18, 1973, p. 252
  51. [+]
    James Baldwin's Vision (Review)
    James Finn
    The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
    1. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
    Commonweal, July 26, 1963, pp. 447-448
  52. Jerzy Turowicz, R.I.P.
    James Finn
    Commonweal, March 26, 1999, p. 8
  53. The Jews in China (1843)
    James Finn
  54. [+]
    Killing for a Cause (2 Reviews)
    James Finn
    The Ultimate Terrorists, by Jessica Stern
    1. The Ultimate Terrorists by Jessica Stern
    2. Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman
    Commonweal, April 7, 2000, pp. 27-30
  55. Letters
    Laura Wood Roper, C. Vann Woodward, and Gregory Rabassa, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 13, 1974, pp. 41-44
  56. Articles
    Limping Toward China
    James Finn
    Commonweal, April 25, 1997, pp. 11-13
  57. Book Reviews
    [+]
    The Living Dead End (Review)
    James Finn
    Travels with My Aunt, by Graham Greene
    1. Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene
    The New Republic, February 14, 1970, pp. 26-27
  58. [+]
    A Major Player (Review)
    James Finn
    Religion: The Missing Dimension of Statecraft, by Douglas Johnston and Cynthia Sampson
    1. Religion: The Missing Dimension of Statecraft by Douglas Johnston and Cynthia Sampson
    Commonweal, October 6, 1995, pp. 28-30
  59. [+]
    A Man Apart (Review)
    James Finn
    The Accident, by Elie Wiesel
    1. The Accident by Elie Wiesel
    Commonweal, June 22, 1962, p. 332
  60. [+]
    Marks of Eternity (Review)
    James Finn
    Lines of Life, by Francois Mauriac
    1. Lines of Life by Francois Mauriac
    Commonweal, October 25, 1957, pp. 105-106
  61. [+]
    Men of War (Review)
    James Finn
    The Lionheads, by Josiah Bunting III
    1. The Lionheads by Josiah Bunting III
    The Nation, June 12, 1972, pp. 766-768
  62. Michael Harrington
    Peter Steinfels, James Finn, and Patrick Lacefield, ...
    A man who made a difference
    Commonweal, September 8, 1989, pp. 466-467
  63. The moral vision of Robert Stone
    James Finn
    Commonweal, November 5, 1993, pp. 9-13
  64. Morality and Pluralism
    James Finn
    Commonweal, November 16, 1973, p. 155
  65. [+]
    Mrs. Roosevelt's Opus (Review)
    James Finn
    A World Made New, by Mary Ann Glendon
    1. A World Made New by Mary Ann Glendon
    Commonweal, May 4, 2001, pp. 33-34
  66. [+]
    Not Women's Lib (2 Reviews)
    James Finn
    The Life of Ibsen, by Halvdan Koht, Einar Haugen, and A.E. Santaniello, ...
    1. The Life of Ibsen by Halvdan Koht, Einar Haugen, and A.E. Santaniello, ...
    2. Ibsen: A Biography by Michael Leverson Meyer
    The New Republic, October 23, 1971, pp. 22-23
  67. [+]
    An Obsession with Failure (Review)
    James Finn
    Collected Essays, by Graham Greene
    1. Collected Essays by Graham Greene
    The New Republic, July 5, 1969, p. 30
  68. [+]
    On Cyril Connolly (Review)
    James Finn
    Previous Convictions, by Cyril Connolly
    1. Previous Convictions by Cyril Connolly
    Commonweal, October 23, 1964, pp. 125-127
  69. Books
    [+]
    On the Voyage to Eternity (Review)
    James Finn
    Ship of Fools, by Katherine Anne Porter
    1. Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
    Commonweal, May 18, 1962, p. 212
  70. The Orphan Colony of Jews in China (1872)
    James Finn
    Containing a Letter Received from Themselves
  71. [+]
    Paradox of the Good-Bad Writer (Review)
    James Finn
    The Life of Rudyard Kipling, by Charles E. Carrington
    1. The Life of Rudyard Kipling by Charles E. Carrington
    Commonweal, February 3, 1956, pp. 466-468
  72. Books
    [+]
    The Particular: When Facts Become Signs (Review)
    James Finn
    Epoch and Artist, by David Michael Jones
    1. Epoch and Artist by David Michael Jones
    Commonweal, June 19, 1964, pp. 400-401
  73. The Princeton Controversy
    James Finn
    Commonweal, January 17, 1958, pp. 399-401
  74. [+]
    Pritchett's New York (Review)
    James Finn
    New York Proclaimed, by V.S. Pritchett
    1. New York Proclaimed by V.S. Pritchett
    Commonweal, May 14, 1965, pp. 247-249
  75. Private Virtue and Public Policy (1990)
    James Finn
    Catholic Thought and National Life
    1 Review
  76. Protest: Pacifism and Politics (1967)
    James Finn
    (Some Passionate Views on War and Nonviolence)
    3 Reviews
  77. Reinhold Neibuhr
    James Finn
    Commonweal, June 25, 1971, p. 324
  78. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Relevant Beasts (Review)
    James Finn
    The Book of Imaginary Beings, by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero
    1. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero
    The New Republic, December 6, 1969, p. 21
  79. A Religious Encounter
    James Finn
    Commonweal, March 4, 1960, pp. 622-624
  80. [+]
    Remember Article 1, Section 8 (Review)
    James Finn
    War and Responsibility, by John Hart Ely
    1. War and Responsibility by John Hart Ely
    Commonweal, May 6, 1994, pp. 24-25
  81. [+]
    The Short Story: Two Volumes (Review)
    James D. Finn
    A Treasury of Yiddish Stories, by Irving Howe and Eliezer Greenberg
    1. A Treasury of Yiddish Stories by Irving Howe and Eliezer Greenberg
    Commonweal, February 11, 1955, pp. 510-512
  82. Books
    [+]
    The Southern Stamp Strategy (2 Reviews)
    James Finn
    Whose Heaven, Whose Earth?, by Thomas Melville and Marjorie Melville
    1. Whose Heaven, Whose Earth? by Thomas Melville and Marjorie Melville
    2. Revolutionary Priest by Camilo Torres and John Gerassi
    Commonweal, September 3, 1971, pp. 456-457
  83. [+]
    A Rich Parable (Review)
    James Finn
    Being There, by Jerzy Kosinski
    1. Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
    The New Republic, June 26, 1971, p. 32
  84. [+]
    The Salt of the Earth (Review)
    James Finn
    A Penny a Copy, by Thomas C. Cornell and James H. Forest
    1. A Penny a Copy by Thomas C. Cornell and James H. Forest
    The New Republic, September 28, 1968, pp. 35-37
  85. Second Call to Action
    James Finn
    Commonweal, April 29, 1977, pp. 269-271
  86. Sephardim (1841)
    James Finn
  87. [+]
    Silent Witness of Evil (Review)
    James Finn
    The Life and Death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, by Mary Bosanquet
    1. The Life and Death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Mary Bosanquet
    The New Republic, May 24, 1969, p. 30
  88. Books
    [+]
    Statecraft at its finest (Review)
    James Finn
    Acheson, by James Chace
    1. Acheson by James Chace
    Commonweal, October 23, 1998, pp. 22-23
  89. Books
    [+]
    "Terribly Alone in a World Without God" (2 Reviews)
    James Finn
    Bitter Herbs, by Marga Minco
    1. Bitter Herbs by Marga Minco
    2. Night by Elie Wiesel
    Commonweal, January 6, 1961, p. 391
  90. Books
    [+]
    ...These Three: Faith, Hope and Death (Review)
    James Finn
    Fragments of the Century, by Michael Harrington
    1. Fragments of the Century by Michael Harrington
    Commonweal, September 20, 1974, pp. 504-506
  91. [+]
    This War's Soldiers (Review)
    James Finn
    No Victory Parades, by Murray Polner
    1. No Victory Parades by Murray Polner
    The Nation, October 11, 1971, p. 344
  92. Today's American (1986)
    James Finn and Leonard R. Sussman
    How Free?
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  93. [+]
    Travel Within (Review)
    James Finn
    Ecuador: A Travel Journal, by Henri Michaux
    1. Ecuador: A Travel Journal by Henri Michaux
    The New Republic, September 19, 1970, p. 28
  94. [+]
    A True Realist (Review)
    James Finn
    The Violated, by Vance N. Bourjaily
    1. The Violated by Vance N. Bourjaily
    Commonweal, August 29, 1958, pp. 550-552
  95. Under the Eyes of God
    James Finn
    Commonweal, March 17, 1961, pp. 633-634
  96. The Uses of Genet
    James Finn
    Commonweal, April 10, 1964, pp. 86-88
  97. [+]
    Vietnam Balance Sheet (Review)
    James Finn
    In the Name of America,
    1. In the Name of America
    The New Republic, June 1, 1968, pp. 31-32
  98. Books
    [+]
    Virtues, Failures and Triumphs of an American Writer (Review)
    James Finn
    Advertisements for Myself, by Norman Mailer
    1. Advertisements for Myself by Norman Mailer
    Commonweal, February 12, 1960, pp. 551-552
  99. The War
    James Finn
    The Human Cost
    Commonweal, September 22, 1967, p. 573
  100. [+]
    Welsh Boyhood (Review)
    James D. Finn
    Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve, by Dannie Abse
    1. Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve by Dannie Abse
    Commonweal, March 18, 1955, p. 638
  101. What Is a Liberal---Who Is a Conservative? A Symposium
    James Finn
    Commentary, September 1976, p. 54
  102. Whittaker Chambers
    James Finn
    Commonweal, February 26, 1965, pp. 696-700
  103. [+]
    Why That God Failed (Review)
    James Finn
    Retreat from the Finland Station, by Kenneth Murphy
    1. Retreat from the Finland Station by Kenneth Murphy
    First Things, April 1993, pp. 52-54
  104. William Clancy
    James Finn
    Commonweal, January 29, 1982, p. 38
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