The Best of "The Public Square" Book 2

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"Many of the learned folk who subscribe to First Things read Hebrew — but that's not why they start at the back of the magazine each month.They're hooked on the commentary about people, events, and the passing scene in Richard John Neuhaus's column,The Public Square.' For elegance of style, clarity of thought, and brio, Father Neuhaus has no equal. Whether analyzing political trends, puncturing the pretentious, or zooming in on some telling detail, his monthly column never fails to delight, challenge, instruct, and provoke."
— MARY ANN GLENDON
Harvard University Law School
"First Things is one of my favorite magazines and, when it arrives, I always turn first to Richard John Neuhaus's monthly column on religion and public life, The Public Square.' It offers an analysis of current religious and intellectual trends that I can find nowhere else."
— ROBERT H. BORK
American Enterprise Institute
SINCE ITS inception in 1990, the journal First Things has concluded each issue with... Tovább

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"Many of the learned folk who subscribe to First Things read Hebrew — but that's not why they start at the back of the magazine each month.They're hooked on the commentary about people, events, and the passing scene in Richard John Neuhaus's column,The Public Square.' For elegance of style, clarity of thought, and brio, Father Neuhaus has no equal. Whether analyzing political trends, puncturing the pretentious, or zooming in on some telling detail, his monthly column never fails to delight, challenge, instruct, and provoke."
— MARY ANN GLENDON
Harvard University Law School
"First Things is one of my favorite magazines and, when it arrives, I always turn first to Richard John Neuhaus's monthly column on religion and public life, The Public Square.' It offers an analysis of current religious and intellectual trends that I can find nowhere else."
— ROBERT H. BORK
American Enterprise Institute
SINCE ITS inception in 1990, the journal First Things has concluded each issue with Richard John Neuhaus's "The Public Square." His column has attracted the attention of America's most influential journalists, opinion-makers, and intellectuals. All who read it appreciate its serious discussions of religious and social topics, its lively prose, and its occasional dash of wicked humor.
This volume presents a sampling of the best of "The Public Square." Culled from columns written from 1996 to 2000, these thirty-two insightful pieces range from reflections on theology, philosophy, and politics to education, bioethics, law, and family life. Each one demonstrates Neuhaus's authorial flair and keen intellect. As Neuhaus argues, "public life is mainly about culture, and at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion." Few thinkers today can illumine this relationship as directly as Neuhaus. As a gathering of some of Neuhaus's finest recent columns, this volume is indispensable for those familiar with his work and a great introduction for those who should be.
RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS is editor in
chief of First Things and president of Religion and Public Life, a research and education institute in New York City. Among his other books are Death on a Friday Afternoon and The Naked Public Square: Religion'and Democracy in America. Vissza