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More Fascinating than Fiction

The first Elizabeth was a genius and a monster. Elizabeth II is neither, and that could be the formula for banality. But it may be its own kind of power—in life and onscreen. Continue Reading »

29 Dec 2016 0

A “Merciless Assault on Human Dignity”

by George Weigel

In Ontario today, doctors who decline to euthanize their patients are required to provide an “effective referral”: They are obliged, on pain of losing their license to practice, to send a troubled patient to a doctor of lighter conscience who will kill that patient. Cardinal Collins is fighting this abomination. Continue Reading »

28 Dec 2016 0

From Atheism to First Things

by Mark Bauerlein

If anyone had said to me in 2005 that a decade later I would be saying prayers every night and working at a religious magazine during the day, I would have laughed. Continue Reading »

28 Dec 2016 0

The Troubling Legacy of Shūsaku Endō’s Silence

by Roy Peachey

Shūsaku Endō’s Silence is now widely regarded as a modern classic. The initial reaction of Japanese Catholics, however, was largely hostile. Continue Reading »

27 Dec 2016 0

Christmas: “The Full Glorious Yes”

by Timothy George

Christmas comes even in the midst of rubble. Continue Reading »

26 Dec 2016 0

A Christmas Eve Carol

by Andrew Klavan

Mostly, I grew up a Jew among other Jews. So how had Jesus entered my imagination? How had he come to occupy its core? It took an effort of memory, but I reached back to the first time I had truly noticed him. It had happened on a Christmas Eve. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2016 0

First Things, the Live Option

by Connor Grubaugh

For me, First Things was more than a political journal. It was a field guide to the ideological chaos that I encountered every day on campus. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2016 0

Shūsaku Endō’s Swamp

by John T. R. Terry

Silence questions whether Christianity can take root in the swamp of Japan—echoing medieval tales of bringing the Gospel to hostile territory. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2016 0