Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Curious Case of Free Exercise
On June 1, 1925, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Pierce v. Society of the Sisters…
Conscience and Authority
Nothing is more common in life than a seeming tension between the freedom of individuals and the…
Purpose: Biological, Biblical, or Both?
In one of his early books, Untimely Meditations , Friedrich Nietzsche spins a tale that, in paraphrase,…
An Alien Grace
Dr. Who , television’s longest-running science fiction show, has returned to planet Earth after battling near extinction.…
A Man for All Reasons?
Back in February, I received a phone call from the journalist Paul Elie. I knew his name…
The November Issue of First Things Has Arrived
“Expansive and yet vacuous is the prose of Kahlil Gibran,” writes Alan Jacobs in the new issue…
Anglican Confusion
No one can deny there is plenty of disagreement in the Anglican Communion, but right now straightforward…
Women and the Catholic Priesthood
In May 1994, Pope John Paul II issued his apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis. It is, as far…
Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Astounded as I was by the phenomenal bestselling success of Rhonda Byrnes’ The Secret ¯gobsmacked by the…
Mansfield on Atheism
Here at First Things , we’ve managed, more or less, to avoid talking about the new atheism…
How to Understand Politics
For some time we have taken political science for granted, as if it did not require some…
Zen in Venice: An Interview
On July 22, 2007, Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong lunched with Benedict XVI in Lorenzago di…
Harold O.J. Brown (1933–2007)
Whether in foul weather or fair, a bicyclist would sometimes suddenly emerge from an opening in the…
The Ten Commandments of … What?
I present to you a document of some forty pages entitled ” Guidelines for the Pastoral Care…
The Irrationality of Richard Dawkins
In his 2006 book, The God Delusion , Richard Dawkins laments the career path of Kurt Wise,…
