What We've Been Reading—12.16.16
by EditorsHere are some awesome books that you should be reading, or thinking about buying, for Christmastime. Continue Reading »
A Merry Pascalian Christmas!
by Carl R. TruemanPascal understood the pathology of our age three hundred years ago. And the answer then, as now, is the Christian one. Continue Reading »
No, Junior, the Catholic Church is not the Same as ISIS
by Br. Michael BaggotA seventh-grader recently asked me how to respond to his peer’s obstinate claim that he and the rest of his Catholic co-religionists are just as bad as ISIS. Continue Reading »
From Greatness to Inclusivity
by Mark BauerleinWhen a humanities department selects its materials because they reflect identity groups, it no longer functions as a humanities department.
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The Divine Inversion
by James R. RogersIn Evangelical churches, the why of the virgin birth receives less attention than the fact of it. Continue Reading »
Therapeutic Culture
by The EditorsThe First Things Podcast, Episode 19. Featuring: Philip Rieff’s The Triumph of the Therapeutic and the 2016 season in college football. Continue Reading »
A Daily Plan for Reading Shakespeare
by Matthew J. FranckYes, you can read all of Shakespeare's works in a year. Continue Reading »
What We've Been Reading—12.9.16
by EditorsI've been immersed in Shakespeare's King Lear, but not solely as a text on a page. I'm acting in a production of the play here in New York City, playing the King of France and the Servant who stands up to Cornwall in the famous eye-gouging scene. Continue Reading »
Annie Glenn and Other Famous Stutterers
by Matthew J. FranckFirst Things contributor Gerald McDermott's most personal book to date. Continue Reading »
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