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May the Conversation Continue
At almost every event we hold in the office of First Things, I end up speaking with a college student who expresses a deep gratitude for this magazine. I...
“I Don’t Find Dignity in Taking My Own Life”
Imagine receiving a letter telling you that while your insurance company won’t pay for experimental drugs to combat your cancer, they’d be happy to cover lethal drugs to help...
Top Ten of 2014
Regular readers of firstthings.com will recognize these popular articles from last year. However, in case you missed any of the most-read pieces from 2014, we’ve compiled a list of...
U.K. Parliament: Sex-Selective Abortions Should be Illegal
Good news from the U.K. today, as the House of Commons voiced strong opposition to the notion that the sex of a child should ever be considered relevant to...
Do the Humanities Matter Anymore?
The fact that the President’s indifference to the humanities hasn’t evoked criticism from academics indicates more than just political agreement [between professors and president]. It signals a new relationship...
MORE, ERASMUS, & FISHER
The Wethersfield Institute is sponsoring a lecture series by Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ, professor of philosophy at Fordham, on St. Thomas More, Erasmus, and St. John Fisher. Seating is limited, so you...
Grace at the U.S. Open
Last night, when Roger Federer broke Gael Monfils in the third game in the fourth set in their quarterfinal match at the U.S. Open, he let out his now...
Jews, Christians, and the Hobby Lobby Decision
For readers in New York City: On September 4th, Touro Law Center hosting a lecture by Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik titled “Jews, Christians, and the Hobby Lobby Decision.” Click here for...
First Links — 6.6.14
Why I Gave Up Alcohol D. L. Mayfield, Christianity Today Hitler’s ‘Mighty Miscalculation’ Malise Ruthven, The New York Review of Books Science Confirms: Yup, This Book Really Is Bound...
First Links — 6.5.14
The Philosophy Of Roger Scruton Mervyn F. Bendle, Quadrant Old Spirits Tony Rehagen, Atlanta Magazine Three Genealogies of Secularization Alan Piper, O.P., Dominicana Bonhoeffer and Technopoly Alan Jacobs, Text...
ISI’s Paolucci Book Award
ISI is currently taking nominations for its Henry and Anne Paolucci Book Award. This award honors the best book of conservative scholarship published in 2013. You can read more about...
Upcoming Events Roundup — 5.02.14
Newburgh, New York Aquinas on God June 5–8 The Fourth Annual Philosophy Workshop, “Aquinas on God,” will be held at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York. Featured...
The Stubborn Myth of the “Warfare” between Science and Religion
Have science and religion historically been at war with each other? This idea is pervasive, deeply ingrained, and often goes unquestioned. But no serious historian of science accepts it...
Upcoming Events Roundup — 4.17.14
St. Francis of Assisi and the Western Tradition Friday–Saturday, April 25–26 New York, New York Another great April event from the Thomistic Institute: A series of lectures with Archbishop...
Jews, Christians, and the State of Israel
This coming Monday, March 31st, the Tikvah fund will host an event titled “Jews, Christians, and the State of Israel”: What ideas and principles drive Christian Zionism and philo-semitism?...
