Foreign Affairs
A selection of recent articles on this topic
All Things Bright and Beautiful
God’s Universe by Owen Gingerich Belknap Press, 160 pages, $16.95 When Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of…
America’s Greatest Mystery Writer
G.K. Chesterton’s Fr. Brown stories are proof that only the British style of detective fiction can reach…
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Should doctors or others be permitted to euthanize babies born with disabilities or assist the suicides of…
Good Friday 2007
“Through Mary he received his humanity, and in receiving his humanity received humanity itself. Which is to…
René Girard for Holy Week
To read René Girard is to want to slap one’s forehead and say, “Of course, why didn’t…
God and Man in Translation
The Passion account read at Mass on Palm Sunday this year was taken from the Gospel of…
Dutch Euthanasia
In his book Seduced by Death , Herbert Hendin reported that one reason the Dutch people have…
An Opinion About Opinions
I haven’t figured out whether I agree or not with Robert Miller on the prevalence of genuine…
The April Issue of First Things Is Here
The April 2007 issue of First Things is now on newsstands¯which also means that it’s available online…
Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For
U2 rock star and humanitarian Bono has come in for some recent criticism. According to Advertising Age…
William & Mary’s Chapel at a Crossroad
In October of 2006, William & Mary’s new college president, Gene R. Nichol, ordered the altar cross…
The Anglicans: What Happened in Tanzania
“We came very close to separation,” said Archbishop Gregory Venables of this weekend’s meeting of global Anglican…
The Fear of Being Viewed as Insufficiently Progressive
One detects in some quarters a sense of inevitability about momentous changes in the ordering¯or disordering, as…
Prostitutes for the Disabled
Here’s a very sad story from Great Britain . Twenty-two-year-old Nick Wallis suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy,…
Natural Religion
Is Nature Enough? Truth and Meaning in the Age of Science by John F. Haught Cambridge University…