December 1, 2004


Crisis • Vol. 22 • No.10 • November 2004 •

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Features:

Intellectual Poison: How Thomas Hobbes Ruined Biblical Studies
If you think that the Jesus Seminar was the first group to undercut the reliability of Scripture, you’re in for a historical surprise. Benjamin D. Wiker shows that the destructive techniques used by modern liberal biblical scholars were actually first developed by Thomas Hobbes.

Turning the Tables: Winning the Public-Relations War
 Tom Hoopes outlines four strategies for beating proponents of the culture of death at their own game.

The King’s Good Servant: Some Thoughts at a Crossroad
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., one of America’s best bishops, offers some perspective on faith and public life.

The Conscience of Lord David Alton
Benedict Rogers introduces you to this brave and unapologetic pro-life politician.

Over the Rails America
Anthony Esolen says a forgotten tourist attraction in rural Pennsylvania can teach us much about the nation we once were and what we have become.

 




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Books - Arts - Culture:

Book Reviews

All the Pope’s Men: The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks
by John L. Allen Jr.

Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies
by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit

Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology
by W. Wesley McDonald

The Age of Shakespeare
by Frank Kermode

Big Russ and Me: Father and Son—Lessons of Life
by Tim Russert


Poem

“Whispers Late at Night”
by Robert Daseler

Films

Nihilism in Pastels
Terry Teachout says Collateral is a stylish and entertaining thriller, marred only by an unwelcome dose of pop psychology.

Departments:

Letters


C
olumns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

The Editor’s View
Brian Saint-Paul

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

Guest Column
Randy Boyagoda

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense and Nonsense
James V. Schall

The Idler
David Warren

Ashes to Ashes
Tom Howard


 

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