Summer 2001

The heart is more than a muscular pump that is sometimes diseased. We also speak of it as the seat of emotional well-being.

In this interview with Jonathan Glover, which first appeared in the Summer 2001 issue, the British ethics professor addresses the human proclivity for cruelty.

Modern Western society reflects a civilization that most people consider long dead. Yet the connections are clear and unmistakable.

Why have people been fascinated with the Tower of Babel for so long?

The spirit that animated our earliest ancestors has continued unabated through the ages. And so, in humanity’s struggle to create for itself a secure and prosperous world, it is unwittingly fulfilling an ancient prophecy.

As He traveled the countryside performing miracles and healing the sick, Jesus Christ taught the importance of being known by your everyday deeds and actions.

President Woodrow Wilson is probably most remembered for his devotion to the cause of world peace in the forming of the League of Nations.