Family’s Changing Terrain
Three recent books each suggest something of the significance of the family for religion, politics, and society as a whole. By M. Christian Green
Category: Spring/Summer 2007
Vigil
Poetry by David Yezzi.
Embracing Earth while Facing Death
A Buddhist monk reflects on the limits of contemporary science. By Eshin Nishimura
Mud
Poetry by Eliza Griswold.
Max Delbrück
Poetry by John Canaday.
A Family Rift and a Cautionary Tale
Two stories about venturing from the Orthodox fold. By Ben Westhoff
Truth-Seeking or Truth-Finding?
John Polkinghorne’s Quantum Physics and Theology. By Kirk Wegter-McNelly
Knowing and Unknowing, Concluded
Showcasing science against religion has become a kind of cultural sport—contrived on the one hand, but often impassioned, fascinating, and imperative, too. By Will Joyner
A Fateful Separation of Philosophy And Theology
The two disciplines, split by modernity, need to re-engage. By Louis Dupré
God and Evolution: A New Solution
Natural cooperation suggests a ‘bridging’ model between evolutionary biology and philosophical theology. By Sarah Coakley
Does Religion Cause Violence?
Behind the common question lies a morass of unclear thinking. By William T. Cavanaugh
Stem Cell Dissent
You can’t call for the fruits of science without confronting the facts of science. By Eric Cohen
A Lasting Impression
Examining biblical art in a secular society. By William Dyrness
Real Presences
The life of theological concepts. By Christine Helmer
Thinking Like a Feminist
The revolution in gender ideology has changed expectations about male and female behavior. By Evelyn Fox Keller
Darwin Was Wrong
Rethinking the evolutionary biology of sex, gender, and sexuality. By Joan Roughgarden
The Serpent’s Hiss
Jeffrey Kripal’s Serpent’s Gift. By Francis X. Clooney, SJ
Channeling Dr. Johnson
W. Jackson Bate’s Samuel Johnson>/em>. By Peter J. Gomes
