American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Inevitable Scholasticism

Thomas Joseph White

Introduction to Scholastic Theology by ulrich g. leinsle trans. michael j. miller catholic university of america, 392…

Revelation

Brian Doyle

I am soaking in Revelation, in the King James, just before dawn, The dog snoring in his…

Anniversary In-Sink-Erator

Stephen Scaer

The stream beneath the site of our proposal at Vista Valley Country Club’s faux bridge has brought…

Holy Childhood

Sr. Lou Ella Hickman I.W.B.S.

did you know summer hides even as she shines once, she whispered to the chinese tallows and…

Restoring the Village

Anthony Esolen

In the year 1215, at a place called Runnymede, the barons of England, having paused from their…

At the Ballet

Catharine Savage Brosman

A bold conception, said to be first-class, with varied styles of gesture, steps, and play, plus music,…

Sects, Politics, and Religion

Francis Beckwith

Good and Bad Ways to Think About Religion and Politics by Robert Benne Eerdmans, 120 pages, $14…

Thinking About Aging

Gilbert Meilaender

As the number of our years increases, as we age in that simple chronological sense, we also…

Paradoxical Portraits

Paul J. Contino

Blessed and Beautiful: Picturing the Saints by Robert Kiely Yale, 288 pages, $40 n What I discovered,”…

RJN and First Things

James Nuechterlein

This issue marks the beginning of First Things ’ twenty-second year of publication, and every new publishing…

Letters

Various

Conservative Liberalism or Liberal Conservatism? I am grateful to James Kalb for his thoughtful and respectful engagement…

The Real Myth

Gerald J. Russello

The Myth of American Religious Freedom by David Sehat Oxford, 368 pages, $29.95 n Conservatives, argues David…

Waiting for St. Vladimir

Robert T. Miller

Alasdair MacIntyre, who is probably the greatest living philosopher, concludes his 1981 masterwork After Virtue by saying,…

Culture and the Light of Faith

Robert Louis Wilken

Since the Enlightenment it has been fashionable to denounce Christians for prostituting the legacy of classical culture.…

Magnificat

Len Krisak

Already gravid, she ascended, nearly bereft of any solace, faith, or hope. The pregnant matron, proudly and…