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National Service as Duty and Perk

by Midge Decter

First Things, May 1993, p. 5

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      1. Jews in Christian America by Naomi W. Cohen
    15. [+]
      Was Burke a Conservative? by Mark C. Henrie, pp. 35-37 - 1 Review
      1. The Great Melody by Conor Cruise O'Brien
    16. [+]
      The Ultra-Orthodox by Mark Miller, p. 38 - 1 Review
      1. Piety and Power by David Landau
    17. [+]
      The Origins of Morality by Gilbert Meilaender, pp. 39-40 - 1 Review
      1. The Moral Sense by James Q. Wilson
    18. [+]
      Briefly Noted (5 Reviews)
      1. [+]
        Review Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the R..., p. 41 - 1 Review
        Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the Representation of American Culture by Barbara B. Oberg and Harry S. Stout
      2. [+]
        Review Apple of Gold, by Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn, p. 41 - 1 Review
        Apple of Gold by Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn
      3. [+]
        Review Observing America's Jews, by Marshall Sklare, p. 42 - 1 Review
        Observing America's Jews by Marshall Sklare
      4. [+]
        Review Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, by James Fitzja..., p. 42 - 1 Review
        Liberty, Equality, Fraternity by James Fitzjames Stephen and Stuart D. Warner
      5. [+]
        Review Interpreters of Judaism in the Late Twentieth ..., pp. 42-43 - 1 Review
        Interpreters of Judaism in the Late Twentieth Century by Steven T. Katz
    19. Speaking for the Common Good, etc. by Richard John Neuhaus, pp. 44-58
  10. [+]
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    1. Correspondence by Anne Barbeau Gardiner, Jack Hafer, and Timothy J. Donnelly, ..., pp. 2-4
    2. Signs and Wonders by Alan Jacobs, p. 5
    3. "Right to Die"---Good Slogan, Fuzzy Thinking by Yale Kamisar, pp. 6-8
    4. A Foreign Policy of Avoidance by A.J. Bacevich, pp. 9-11
    5. The Idol of Academic Freedom by James Nuechterlein, pp. 12-16
    6. The Nine Lives of Population Control by Midge Decter, pp. 17-22
    7. Poetry by Hannah Strauss, p. 23
    8. Discovering the American Aristotle by Edward T. Oakes, pp. 24-33
    9. The People versus Martin Heidegger by William E. Hughes, pp. 34-37
    10. Poetry by Mary M. Brown, p. 38
    11. [+]
      The Land Called Holy by Robin Darling Young, pp. 39-42 - 1 Review
      1. The Land Called Holy by Robert L. Wilken
    12. Poetry by Mark A. Noll, p. 43
    13. [+]
      The Betrayal of the French Left by Louis Dupre, pp. 44-47 - 1 Review
      1. Past Imperfect by Tony Judt
    14. [+]
      The Swedish Syndrome by Phillip E. Johnson, pp. 48-49 - 1 Review
      1. The Culture of Disbelief by Stephen L. Carter
    15. [+]
      Traders and Raiders by Mary Ann Glendon, pp. 50-52 - 1 Review
      1. Systems of Survival by Jane Jacobs
    16. [+]
      Getting It Wrong by Russell Hittinger, pp. 53-57 - 1 Review
      1. Life's Dominion by Ronald Dworkin
    17. [+]
      Undoing the Self by Ben F. Meyer, pp. 58-59 - 1 Review
      1. The Passion of Michel Foucault by James Miller
    18. [+]
      Patiently, Voraciously... by Bernard N. Nathanson, pp. 60-62 - 1 Review
      1. The Human Body Shop by Andrew Kimbrell
    19. [+]
      Briefly Noted (8 Reviews)
      1. [+]
        Review Sister Aimee, by Daniel Mark Epstein by Edith L. Blumhofer, p. 63 - 1 Review
        Sister Aimee by Daniel Mark Epstein
      2. [+]
        Review Making Sense of it All, by Thomas V. Morris by Edward T. Oakes, S.J., p. 63 - 1 Review
        Making Sense of it All by Thomas V. Morris
      3. [+]
        Review The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern W..., p. 63 - 1 Review
        The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World by Joseph B. Tamney
      4. [+]
        Review All is Forgiven, by Marsha G. Witten, p. 64 - 1 Review
        All is Forgiven by Marsha G. Witten
      5. [+]
        Review Content of Faith, by Karl Rahner, p. 64 - 1 Review
        Content of Faith by Karl Rahner
      6. [+]
        Review Passionate Sage, by Joseph J. Ellis, p. 64 - 1 Review
        Passionate Sage by Joseph J. Ellis
      7. [+]
        Review The Parting of Friends, by David Newsome, p. 64 - 1 Review
        The Parting of Friends by David Newsome
      8. [+]
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        Lenin's Tomb by David Remnick
    20. Poetry by Herbert Knapp, p. 65
    21. The Couture of the Public Square, etc. by Richard John Neuhaus, pp. 66-78
    22. Poetry by Kathleen Nielson, pp. 79-82
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