Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
An Interview with Timothy Keller
On any given Sunday in Manhattan, before and after theater matinees, visits to museums, and walks in…
Conceiving Parenthood
It has become fashionable in some theological and political quarters to eschew the term libera l in…
Hannah Montana
Even if you go around with one or several fingers stuffed into each ear, you will not…
Slavery, Christianity, and Islam
It has become a feature of today’s atheist chic to shy bricks at Christianity for its record…
Apply to Be a Junior Fellow
So, if you look up higher on this page, you’ll see that First Things is beginning its…
Why We Whisper: Restoring Our Right to Say It’s Wrong
On August 31, 2007, the president of Clemson University opened a letter from the South Carolina chapter…
Better Citizens, More Faithful Catholics
When we speak about a nation’s culture, we mean the entire fabric of its common life, from…
Sarkozy and Secularism
A few years ago, I was in the middle of giving a lecture in Paris about religious…
Are Protestants Heretics?
My lucubrations for today’s webposting would like to argue just this one single point: Doctrinal clarity is…
The Real First Citizen of Harlem
Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe are receiving the plaudits of critics for their bravura performances as Frank…
Death Threats and a Student Assaulted at Princeton
Last Wednesday, at Princeton University, vicious emails were sent to four students and a professor, threatening their…
Francisco Nava Confesses
Reports are coming in that Francisco Nava has confessed to Princeton Township Police. Apparently he was behind…
Lost in Translation
“Translations are like lovers: There are those that are beautiful but untrue¯and those that are true but…
The Bali Conference
The global warming/climate change noise machine has reached a crescendo this week with Al Gore’s trip to…
God in the Gallery
Numerous illustrations—absorbing, beautiful ones—of both the Vulgate Bible and the Divine Comedy by the Surrealist painter Salvador…