Whatever its faults (the unreasonable trust in reason, the tendency toward a hypernaturalism, the unwarranted optimism in human progress, the "demythologization" of religion), the Enlight- enment worldview at least included the possibility of knowledge and of truth. The real was deemed rational and, hence, knowable by rational minds. Not only does reality exist, but we
READ MOREOne afternoon in the late 1950s, while helping my mother tidy up our rural Baptist church in the Missouri Ozarks, I came across a packet of tracts on separation of church and state published by an organization called Americans United for Separation for Church and State. I was very young, and I asked my mother
READ MOREWe wondered what took so long for Richard John Neuhaus, editor of First Things, to respond to the shellacking he has been receiving in Liberty. Though nothing personal was meant, he and/or his magazine have been mentioned (excoriated?) at least a dozen times in the past few years. What piqued Father Neuhaus enough, however, to
READ MOREReverend Richard Steele is not a troublemaker. As the pastor of a church with more than 1,000 members and a budget of $650,000, he hardly has time for controversy. His days are spent comforting troubled souls and preparing next Sunday's sermon. But he's no pushover, either. When, in an effort to recoup its losses, the
READ MOREThe Holy Mother stands silently, frozen in time, gazing softly at the Infant on her right hip. Her left hand gently gathers the soft folds of her flowing robe. She wears a crown. It is not gaudy or bejeweled. It is regal, yet understated. The Baby holds a small cluster of tiny, perfectly carved grapes
READ MOREThough some people's meals might be bad, imagine facing criminal charges because of your cooking. That's exactly what happened to George Barghout. Mr. Barghout, formerly the owner and operator of a yogurt shop located in Baltimore, sold both kosher and nonkosher foods. On November 15, 1990, he was fined $400 plus $100 in court cost's
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