Public Life
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Back to the Church Fathers
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Joseph Carola, S.J., joins in…
Reclaiming Our Catholic Schools
An alarming number of children from Catholic families lose their faith during elementary and secondary school. By…
Briefly Noted — 10/24
Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Mattersby carmen joy imesintervarsity academic, 248 pages, $22.99 Don’t set your…
While We’re At It
The justification of the good has been replaced by the justification of the wicked; the idealization of…
Christian Populism
ore than three decades ago, Nathan Hatch published The Democratization of American Christianity, a history of the…
Richard John Neuhaus
oes the founder of First Things matter in 2024? It’s a question that Aaron Renn asks in…
Briefly Noted — 11/24
Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the Worldby benjamin wardhaughprinceton university, 416 pages,…
The Life and Letters of a Fiery Jesuit
In this episode, First Things Patricia Snow joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk…
While We Are At It
In this issue, we published the winner of the first annual First Things poetry prize, “Two Owls”…
Don’t Constitutionalize the Rainbow Reich
transgender treatments for minors. The Court held that, in passing the statute, the Texas legislature employed its…
Solidarity and Freedom
recently re-read The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom. Penned by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in the aftermath…
Not a Lament but an Ode to the Makers
Someone somewhere long ago / with a pair of hands, a bit of earth / and a…
Letters—October 2024
Middle Game Tactics Thank you for hosting the post-Dobbs symposium (“Pro-Life Politics After Dobbs,” June/July) of observations…
You Better Believe It
Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identityby carl r.…
Guerrilla Culture War
The War Against the Past: Why The West Must Fight For Its Historyby frank furedipolity, 240 pages,…
