David Mills

The pendulum has swung in our understanding of Cro-Magnon man and his art , as shown in a new book on the paintings in the Ice Age caves in the Dordogne. Fathers in Spain are entitled to leave work for two half hour periods a day for the first nine months of their child’s life for . . . . . . . Continue Reading »

It is always fun to find a writer you enjoy agreeing with you. Making a point I made yesterday in From Junior High Down to VH1 ,  Andrew Ferguson writes about the once notorious humor magazine   National Lampoon in  Read This Review Or . . . from the Wall Street Journal : In the . . . . Continue Reading »

The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation has issued their latest statement, Steps Towards a Reunited Church . They begin by noting that “the most divisive element in our traditions has been a growing diversity, since the late patristic centuries, in the ways we understand . . . . Continue Reading »

Events of possible interest to our readers: Catholic, Orthodox, Polish National Catholic, and Anglican speakers will discuss Dominus Iesus on its tenth anniversary on October 15th at the University of Scranton. Peter van Inwagen to lecture on Bertrand Russell on Evidence and Religious Belief . The . . . . Continue Reading »

A friend sends an opening paragraph in The Economist he thought very good, so I send it along for those of you who like this sort of thing: HE HAS just been anointed the guardian of socialism in an economically troubled country, leaping ahead of a sidelined elder brother and representing a new . . . . Continue Reading »

Curious to see what’s out there, since we don’t watch television at home, while visiting friends recently I flipped through the channels after the children were in bed, and came across some sort of roast, I think on VH1. A woman who turned out to be the host was insulting several people sitting nearby … Continue Reading »

Robin of Berkeley reports on the deep hatred for God in Berkeley, California . Catholic journalists try to explain to Vatican officials the nature of communication today . Michele Obama claims that the president carries a picture of Mary Help of Christians in his wallet. The Catholic theologian . . . . Continue Reading »

I’d been thinking that pointing you to the  Christian Century ‘s authors’ lists of the 5 most essential theological books of the last 25 years would spur you to give your own lists, but apparently not. Ranking people, making lists, and sharing such judgments are usually . . . . Continue Reading »

Michael Liccione explains the Gnostic Impulse . It is, he writes, “cosmic cynicism . . . the attitude which naturally springs up when we disbelieve that the ‘cosmos,’ that vast, more-or-less ordered whole we experience, is the product of a Love and a Reason that are one.” . . . . Continue Reading »

The Christian Century asked eight theologians to name the five Essential theology books of the past 25 years . Stanley Hauerwas will be the theologian most familiar to First Things readers, and he chose: George A. Lindbeck,  The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age . . . . Continue Reading »