Foreign Affairs
A selection of recent articles on this topic
God Cannot Be Understood, Only Adored
Whatever one thinks about whether it is possible for Christian theology to be systematic—and there are good…
The Love on Which the World Depends
It has been suggested to me that this wedding homily might be of more general interest. Perhaps…
Anglican Confusion
No one can deny there is plenty of disagreement in the Anglican Communion, but right now straightforward…
The Pagan West
When it arrived in the world, Christianity announced the end of sacrifice. But in its growth over…
God’s Different Warriors
Angry protestors line the sidewalk of a San Francisco street. Behind barricades and a line of policemen,…
Mugabe and the Churches
Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe, claims to be a man of faith¯and with some reason. He…
A Criterion for Compromises
Our friends over at the New Criterion have put out a big anthology including the editors’ choice…
Keeping the Humanist Faith, Sort Of
This is one strange book. Strange and frequently wonderful. Weighing in at 852 pages, nobody is going…
Mansfield on Atheism
Here at First Things , we’ve managed, more or less, to avoid talking about the new atheism…
What Is Anglicanism?
Few would deny that the Anglican Communion is in crisis. The nature of that crisis, however, remains…
The Aug-Sept Issue of First Things Is Online!
Another day, another dollar. Well, actually, another month, another issue of First Things . And the cost…
Stop Reading This Now
What are you doing looking here on the Fourth of July? Go away. Set off some firecrackers.…
Bearing Witness in a Time of War
The following homily was delivered by Fr. Neuhaus at the annual Memorial Mass of the Military Vicariate…
The Friday Potpourri
Rudy Giuliani and abortion? No big deal. As he told the folks in Iowa, we have to…
An Idiot’s Guide to Evolution
The dirty Darwinian secret is now out of the closet: If evolution is true, then it must…
