This American Carnage

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 22. Featuring: Donald Trump’s first week in office; and RIP William Peter Blatty, Catholic author of The Exorcist. Continue Reading »

29 Jan 2017 0

The March for Life in Year 44

by Charles J. Chaput

Forty-four years after Roe, a reverence for the sanctity of human life still burns in the spirit of far too many people to ignore. Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2017 0

Turkish Drummers, the TRC, and the Truth about the Bulls of Donation

by Douglas Farrow

It's a stolen land – and the Church is responsible? Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2017 0

Witherspoon Institute Summer 2017 Seminars

by Matthew J. Franck

Feed your mind in Princeton this summer. Continue Reading »

26 Jan 2017 0

Luther's Continuing Relevance

by Mark Movsesian

In the secular world, Luther has come to stand for the overthrow of traditional authority in favor of individual subjectivity. Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2017 0

First Things: Food for the Soul

by Veery Huleatt

Every so often, our readers send us pictures of their small but discerning offspring chewing their way through the latest issue of First Things. We proudly display these pictures on a bulletin board dedicated to celebrating the most junior members of the First Things family. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2017 0

Strangers on a Train

by Carl R. Trueman

A memorable account of a chance meeting between a pro-life journalist and a pro-abortion politician reveals much about the politics of personhood.
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20 Jan 2017 0

Fr. Spadaro’s Math

by Carlo Lancellotti

Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ, tweets that, “Theology is not #Mathematics. 2 + 2 in #Theology can make 5. Because it has to do with #God and real #life of #people.” Whence the desire to separate God from the unchanging truth of math? Continue Reading »

19 Jan 2017 0

Remembering Kevin Starr, Catholic Historian

by Stephen Schwartz

For most of his career, Starr viewed the California experiment benevolently, as a phenomenon balanced between utopia and reason. But he was an intense Catholic believer who seems finally to have despaired of California’s grandiloquent and heartbreaking destiny. Continue Reading »

18 Jan 2017 0

Silence and Sherlock

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 21. Also featuring: Special guest Leah Libresco Sargeant and lots of spoilers. Continue Reading »

13 Jan 2017 0