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editorials

Marked Men

The Christian & the Tattoo
by S. M. Hutchens

communiqué

Entitled to God

Copyrighting "Allah" in Malaysia Stirs Strife
by Peter Riddell

columns

As It Is Written...

Samuel’s Place

by Patrick Henry Reardon

Communiqué

Notes from the Other World

by Philip E. Devine

Contours of Culture

Twilight Sage

T. S. Eliot's Christianity and Culture

by Ken Myers

23.3—May/June 2010

features

Justice for Some

Moral Theology & the President’s Honorary Doctorate
by Francis J. Beckwith

Identity Check

Are C. S. Lewis’s Critics Right, or Is His “Trilemma” Valid?
by Donald T. Williams

Humor on the Move

In the Christian World, Comedy Is King
by Anthony Esolen

views

Polonius’s Lie

Louis Markos on the Image of God & the Thine Own True Self

Manna & Mammon

Daniel Propson on the Wisdom of Giving a Tithe to the Lord

Preaching Like the Devil

Russell D. Moore on the High Stakes of Dull & Evasive Sermons

Atheism’s Gift

Christopher Killheffer on the Good Questions That Dispel False Beliefs

book reviews

Wesleyan Surge

Taking Back the United Methodist Church by Mark Tooley
reviewed by William Murchison

Idol Days

Victorian Reformation: The Fight over Idolatry in the Church of England, 1840–1860
by Dominic Janes
reviewed by William J. Tighe

American Peace Pipe

The Seven Faith Tribes: Who They Are, What They Believe, and Why They Matter by George Barna
reviewed by Thomas A. Baima

Roman Roads

Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Catholic
by Chris Castaldo
reviewed by Louis Markos

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