Secular images of man show him as alienated and masterful; Christian images as alienated, masterful, and redeemed. The differences are great but there are similarities as well.

What are the taproots of estrangement among that breed of intellectual recognized as Jewish by accident of birth who have severed their religio-ethnic ties?

Only a negative fundamental option, that is, the engagement of man's core awareness and freedom, can bring about the reality known as mortal sin.

A critical, spiritual discernment of Gospel genre, particularly that of Luke, reveals the heart of the matter as the life-story of Jesus vis-a-vis God and man.

Shakespeare's plays offer a clue to the movement of Hopkins's mind and this in turn offers a clue to the profoundest meaning of the plays.

Because of his profound sense of wonder and celebration, there is much in Chesterton's religious writings that is fresh and pertinent to contemporary discussion.

African rites of passage serve as a cultural school educating the initiates and transmitting cultural values, tribal history, law, religious beliefs, moral laws, practical arts and etiquette.

George F. Kennan's political realism defines the object of diplomacy as the pursuit of the national self-interest and renders legitimate any means which expediently serve that purpose.

The Labyrinth is man's symbol for his human condition; it is life itself, and not a prison to be escaped but to be lived in.

Should the primary function of today's university be transmission or transvaluation, information or transformation? In these troublesome times it may well be the latter.

What James Agee felt and knew about family life he wanted to present to his readers in as direct and artistic a fashion as possible.