Arts & Letters
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Cardinal Newman for Ash Wednesday
No theologian working inside the traditions of western Christianity was more sensitive to the rhythms of the…
Christ Killers, Dumbed-Down Translations, and How Conservatives Got That Way
I have not yet read Jeremy Cohen’s new book Christ Killers: The Jews and the Passion from…
Stephen King’s American Apocalypse
In November 2003, Stephen King received a lifetime achievement medal from the National Book Foundation for his…
Poetry
Widowhood She wove the veil of her widowhood with thread from his shroud. Samuel Menashe An Inside…
RJN: Iraq and Things to Come
I have no privileged perspective on the wisdom or lack thereof in President Bush’s Wednesday night address…
Hylden: Duke Deserves a Defense
In my tenure as a junior fellow here at First Things , I’ve done a few things…
Ference: The Church of Brunch
Not so long ago, Weekend America aired a story on National Public Radio about a fairly new…
A Prayer for Russia
Our Father All-Merciful! Don’t abandon your own long-suffering Russia In her present daze, In her woundedness, Impoverishment,…
RJN: On St. John and Mormons
With stunning abruptness we’re jostled from the Christmas Mass (the Christ Mass) to the feast of St.…
RJN: O Come Let Us Adore Him
“I don’t know why he has to spoil the season by bringing that up. For him every…
Correspondence
Scoured or Skimmed? Alan Jacobs claims to have “scoured” the pages of Shadowplay in a vain search…
The Form of Speaking
The Language of God by francis s. collins free press, 304 pages, $26 “Today we are learning…
Miller: Limbo and the Will of God
The International Theological Commission is pondering the fate of children who die unbaptized, with a document expected…
Hylden: An Evening at GTS
Seeing as how I am a new Episcopalian and still learning about my church, I attended a…
Anderson: The Secret of Embyronic Stem Cells
The truth about the technical challenges and scientific hurdles for embryonic stem-cell (ESC) therapies is finally getting…
