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“. . . I cannot myself imagine a more fearful fate for our species than that they should so habituate themselves to their earthly circumstances as to be finally contented with them, or a more sublime one than that they should continue till the end of time to peer into the distance after the land that is very far off. . . .”
Jesus Rediscovered (1969)
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Calls for Freedom, Democracy & Secularism End Up with None of the Above by Hunter Baker
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The Death Rattle of a Tradition
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19.2 — March 2006
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Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
18.10 — December 2005
The Leading Edge
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17.8 — October 2004
22.6 — July/August 2009
19.3 — April 2006
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
24.1 — January/February 2011
James Turner's Without God, Without Creed: The Origins of Unbelief in America
26.1 — Jan/Feb 2013
27.1 — Jan/Feb 2014
The Matter at Hand
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16.5 — June 2003
16.1 — January/February 2003
16.2 — March 2003
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
14.8 — October 2001
14.4 — May 2001
11.4 — July/August 1998
book reviews
32.6 — November/December, 2019
Stargazers' Log
Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy: A History of Visual Observing from Harriot to Moore
by Neil English
A review by Guillermo Gonzalez
32.2 — March/April, 2019
Wake-Up Call
The Apocalypse: Warning, Hope & Consolation
by Michael D. O'Brien
A review by Jeffrey Wald
32.3 — May/June, 2019
Shame & Redemption
The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch: A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam
A review by Casey Chalk
32.2 — March/April, 2019
The Aura of Science
Flight from the Absolute: Cynical Observations on the Postmodern West, Volume II
by Paul Gosselin
A review by Louis Markos
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