December 1986
In This Issue
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Articles
Who Do Men Say That I Am?
The study of Jesus has been an extraordinarily active enterprise in recent decades. Though rooted in the past, it is among the least antiquarian of historical or theological pursuits
Intimate Partners
In this second part of a two-part article the author describes a series of structured exercises that enable some couples to interrupt their repetitive power struggles and transform their partnership
The Cant of Pity
Seeds of Change
Mishima
On Acting
Style and Substance
Vn: The Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov
Whales, Ice, and Men
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue
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Language: Esperanto Lives
Hundon mordas viro, “Man bites dog,”might be the motto of this artificial language,which incarnates an impossible,yet democratic,dream
Chile: The Moral Limits of Self-Interest
Chile’s middle classes are turning against the Pinochet regime because of a bad economy, not revulsion against torture
Monastic Mayhem (An Echo of Eco)
Contributors
On the Last Day of the World: Waiting on the Roof
Prop
May Angels Lead You Home
Mr. Meese, Meet Mr. Madison
Sigodlin
The Hunger for Hermès
The Kitchen Enters the Stone Age
