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Books & Culture July/August 1997 Issue

Going On

Fore (Golf Dreams)

When a Man Loves a Woman--As a Friend (Part 2)

When a Man Loves a Woman--As a Friend (Part 1)

Commentary (Part 2)

Commentary (Part 1)

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 3)

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 2)

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 1)

In Brief: July 01, 1997

LETTERS

The Gargoyle on the Steeple

Stranger in a Strange Land

John Wilson, Managing Editor

An Unforgiving Eye

Betty Smartt Carter

Dorothy Sayers's Workshop

After the Death Squads

Mark R. Amstutz

An Ambiguous Rebellion

Scalia v. Judicial Activism

The Cross and the Holocaust

Paul and the Politics of Identity

Judith M. Gundry-Volf and Miroslav Volf

For the Greater Glory of God?

Patrick Henry Reardon

Oscar Night for Magazines

Michael G. Maudlin

Coercion and Conscience

Phillip Johnson

The Angel of Vengeance

American Adam

Interview by Michael Cromartie

Our Latest

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A Quiet Life Sets Up a Loud Testimony

Excellence and steady faithfulness may win the culture war.

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News

Survey: Evangelicals Contradict Their Own Convictions

A new State of the Theology report shows consensus around core beliefs but also lots of confusion.

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson and Cornel west

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Cornel West: Justice, Not Revenge

Exploring how love grounds justice, courage resists fear, and faith shapes public action.

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Public Theology Project

What Horror Stories Can (and Cannot) Tell Us About the World

We want meaning and resolution—and the kind of monster we can defeat.

Paul Kingsnorth

The Russell Moore Show

Paul Kingsnorth on the Dark Powers Behind AI

Are we summoning demons through our machines?

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Welcome to Youth Ministry! Time to Talk about Anime.

Japanese animation has become a media mainstay among Gen Z. You may not “get” it, but the zoomers at your church sure do.

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Review

‘One Battle After Another’ Is No Way to Live

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the new film from Paul Thomas Anderson plays out the dangers of extremism.

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Review

Tyler Perry Takes on ‘Ruth and Boaz’

Haleluya Hadero

In his new Netflix movie, Ruth is a singer, Boaz has an MBA, and the Tennessee wine flows freely.