What Gandhi and Jesus can teach us

Stephen Tipton's 'Public Pulpits,' reviewed

Aviad Kleinberg a professor of history at Tel Aviv University belongs to that not inconsiderable number of contemporary historians who have taken seriously the cult of the saints in the history of Christianity That interest in the saints has been especially energized by Peter Brown rsquo s The Cu

The French writer Guy Sorman has taught economics served in public office traveled widely and authored numerous books on contemporary affairs But he is first and foremost a devout democrat His firm belief in the universality of democracy shines through in The Empire of Lies a book that challeng

Martin Marty rsquo s new book appears in a series called ldquo Modern Library Chronicles rdquo which includes similarly concise volumes on such complex subjects as the Renaissance Shakespeare and the Catholic Church by authors as redoubtable as Paul Johnson Frank Kermode and Hans K uuml ng Tr

James O'Toole's 'The Faithful,' reviewed