Discernment Counseling
When It’s Just Another Fight, and When It’s Over by Elizabeth Bernstein. A new type of therapy, called “discernment counseling,” breaks with traditional couples counseling, which seeks to solve relationship problems. Instead, discernment counseling, pioneered by Bill Doherty, a professor [...]
Robespierre
TNR reviews Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life by Peter McPhee.
Unholy Mix
Religion and Politics: An Unholy Mix by Steve Chapman. One day, in a sardonic jibe at some conservative who was piously claiming the mantle of heaven, I told my wife, “Don’t forget, God’s a Republican.” Without missing a beat, she [...]
Death
Death of a Theologian by Peter Berger. William Hughes Hamilton died on February 28, 2012, aged 87. His passing was barely noted in the media, a fact both sad and instructive. Along with a small group of other individuals, he [...]