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Articles in June, 2008 issue of First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

• Remember this.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
  by Gallagher, Richard E.; Wingate, H.W.
• I don't know how the pollsters go about determining such things, but they report that Padre Pio is the most popular saint in Italy, even more than the Blessed Virgin Mary. However that may be, there is no denying the intensity of the devotion, and a littl
• God, Man, and Hollywood: Politically Incorrect Cinema from The Birth of a Nation to The Passion of the Christ.(Book review)
  by Sacramone, Anthony
• The American Jesuits: A History.(Book review)
• Sure and certain hope.(Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews)(Book review)
  by Anderson, Gary A.
• In a Christian Century interview, Nicholas Wolterstorff, longtime professor of philosophical theology at Yale, says: "I don't agree, then, with the view of many political theorists that when making up our minds about political issues or debating them
  by Neuhaus, Richard John
• The Ten Commandments for Jews, Christians, and Others.(Brief article)(Book review)
• Scandal and canon law.(Before Dallas: The U.S. Bishops' Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse of Children)(Book review)
  by Coughlin, John J.
• Flight 175, Row 28.(Poem)
  by McDowell, Robert
• Black-market organs.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
  by Small, James M.
• Encountering the Mystery: Understanding Orthodox Christianity Today.(Book review)
  by Matheves-Green, Frederica
• You.(Poem)
  by Hart, Kevin
• Animal Psalms.(Poem)
  by Nicol, Alfred
• Ordinary people.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
  by Joiner, Jere
• The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America.(Brief article)(Book review)
• Who's your Lincoln?(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
  by Bodoff, Lippman; Buenviaje, Dino E.; Denison, Peter B.; Dunworth, J.R.; Herndon, Helen Louise
• One has to wonder about people who travel the world looking for troubles.(While We're At It)(A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern-Day Slavery)(Book review)
  by Neuhaus, Richard John
• Bonds of Affection.(Brief article)(Book review)
• The Politics of Past Evil.(Brief article)(Book review)
• Types of types.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
  by Mastnjak, Nathan; Stanford, Joseph B.; Wilken, Robert Louis
• Steven Epstein reviews Helen Epstein (no relation) who has written a book, The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight against AIDS, in which she deplores any emphasis on abstinence.(While We're At It)(Brief article)(Book review)
• Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal.(Brief article)(Book review)
  by Bowman, James
• All too human.(Devices of the Soul: Battling for Ourselves in an Age of Machines)(Book review)
  by Nicol, Caitrin
• Amis amiss.(Opinion)(Martin Amis)
  by Jacobs, Alan
• Ars Gratia Artis.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
  by Florio, Dan; Linton, Michael; Yoder, Douglas
• Reading Paul.(Book review)
  by Anderson, Gary
• The Great Awakening.(Brief article)(Book review)
• The shadow of a doubt.(The Origins of Reasonable Doubt)(Book review)
  by Carmy, Shalom
• The taxpayers of California are paying for a multibillion-dollar Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which specializes in embryonic stem cell research and other cutting-edge technology of the brave new world.(While We're At It)(Brief article)
  by Neuhaus, Richard John
• Priestblock 25487.(Brief article)(Book review)
• The Zone.(Poem)
  by Hadas, Rachel
• The Face of Morning.(Poem)
  by Cook, Sally
• The Devil in the Clock.(Poem)
  by Shaw, Robert B.
• Moon over Barrytown.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
  by Hendricks, Tyler; Neufeld, K. Gordon
• Wayward Christian Soldiers: Freeing the Gospel from Political Captivity.(Brief article)(Book review)
• The Widow of Niam.(Poem)
  by Baer, William
• The Perks.(Poem)
  by Goldberg, Midge
• Abraham plain and simple.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
  by Anderson, Gary A.; Yaakov, Sean
• The teaching that God became man so that man might participate in the life of God--or, in its more daring form, that man might become God--is associated with Orthodox Christianity, although there are deep and constant variations on the theme in the Cathol
  by Neuhaus, Richard John