A Graced Moment for the NEW OXFORD REVIEW

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

In February 1986, NOR held a gathering for subscribers, editors, board members, writers, and benefactors -- a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Letters to the Editor: April 1986

Give Nobel Peace Prize to Vanauken... An Open Letter to Sheldon Vanauken... Vanauken’s Misreading of History... Vanauken’s Romanticism... Capital Punishment Not Defensive... Nearly Gagged... A Good Aristotelian... “Conservatives” Are Not Conservatives

Beyond the Mixing of Politics & Religion

WHEN WILL CHRISTIANS EMBODY WHAT THEY ADVOCATE?

William H. Willimon

Christians are not usually in politics on our own terms, from the unique standpoint of people who are trying to follow Jesus Christ.

The Catholic Bishops & the Political Theory of Philanthropy

THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE PASTORAL ON THE ECONOMY

Dante Germino

Morality based on the opening of the soul expressed by the prophets of Israel, the mystic philosophers of Greece, and the authors of the Gospels defies all calculations of self-interest and promises joy.

The Final Match

A POEM

Lorraine Bochler Eshleman

Reinhold Niebuhr & Benigno Aquino

CHRISTIAN FAITH, HUMAN NATURE & DEMOCRACY

John C. Cort

Niebuhr believed that many of the values of democratic society, while highly prized in the West, are neither understood nor desired outside the West.

Struggling With Today’s Evils

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

Elderly folks I once knew were proud of their indifference to the urban American world and its culture, its values and habits, of which they occasionally heard from their children.

The Arrogance of the Columnist

CHRIST & NEIGHBOR

John C. Cort

There’s something about writing a column that leads to arrogance. The temptation is strong and few resist it.

The Marx Brothers as a Sign of God?

A CINEMATIC VIEW

Robert E. Lauder

There may be a benevolent God and life may have a meaning because how else can you account for the marvelous humor in a Marx Brothers’ movie?

Briefly Reviewed: April 1986

Covenant of Love: Pope John Paul II on Sexuality, Marriage, and Family in the Modern World... Studies and Commentaries: 1984... He Came Down From Heaven... The Forgiveness of Sins... The Culture of Consumption