Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Takeaways from the Debate over Tim Keller’s “Third Way”
Bulverism is perhaps the laziest of all rhetorical gambits. When C. S. Lewis coined the term in…
Why We Hunger for Beauty
This essay is excerpted and adapted from comments delivered on April 29 at the Scala Foundation’s conference…
Atmosphere
The snow this morning falls on brook and rushIn great flakes wending slantwise without purpose,The sky above…
Ensnared in the Web
About ten years ago, I acquired a deep suspicion of smartphones and social media. Riding a late-night…
Ronald Dworkin on the Politics of Unhappiness
Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Ronald Dworkin to discuss his article from the May print…
Baylor University Charters LGBTQ Group
The news that Baylor University has officially chartered Prism, an LGBT student organization on campus, marks an…
The Renaissance of the Classical School
We have been hearing a lot in recent months about a staffing crisis in district public schools,…
The Plight of the Millennial Woman
Critics are hailing Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World as one of the best movies…
Academics Against Israel
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Gabriel Noah Brahm, founder of the…
Coercion and Conversion Therapy
It was a great disappointment, if not exactly a surprise, to read a recent letter from British…
What We Affirm
I’m pleased to announce that the 2021 First Things annual report is now available. The following is…
Soli Deo Gloria
Austrian-born conductor Manfred Honeck is the father of six and a devout Catholic. He attends Mass several…
The Game of Nonsense
Many of the most devoted baseball fans I know are also heavy readers; they take it for…
Metaxas: Atheism Is Dead
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Eric Metaxas joins the podcast…
Seminary Faithfulness
The last fifty years have been marked by institutional decline, both within the church and in society…
