Science & Technology
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After October 7
For I desire loving kindness, not sacrifices; devotion to God, rather than burnt offerings (Hosea 6:6). Seven…
Augustus and the Salvation of Rome
With the victory of Octavian Caesar, the heir of Julius Caesar, over Antony and Cleopatra at the…
Bring Back Four-Dimensional Bible Reading
The Bible teachers of the Western Middle Ages used an interpretive method known as the “quadriga,” or…
Letters From the Synod 2023: #4
THE SYNOD ON SYNODALITY AND THE WAR OF THE CONCILIAR SUCCESSION Nothing was more predictable than that…
What I Saw at the Longhouse Fashion Show
The Bushwick warehouse is dark and warm, illuminated only by spotlights trained on what is less a…
Keeping the “C” in the YMCA
The Young Men’s Christian Association was birthed in the factories of nineteenth-century London. It then spread around…
Cormac McCarthy’s Miracle
He was a man of miracles,” John Hillcoat writes of his longtime friend, Cormac McCarthy, who died…
What I Would Put in a 2023 Time Capsule
Bear the standard for religious orthodoxy with First Things. Make your contribution to our 2023 spring campaign today…
Notes Toward a Eucharistic Revival
On a Wednesday evening this past Lent, I joined a dozen Catholic young adults for an evening…
Is the Anglican “Reset” Truly Anglican?
The Kigali Commitment of April 21, 2023, was a shot heard around the world. Thirteen hundred Anglican…
Pedagogy of Love
The Shema (Deut. 6:4–9) is a confession about the God of Israel and simultaneously a piety and…
Mathematics Teaches Us How to Think
The recent spate of articles on “woke mathematics” has raised the eyebrows of many people who thought…
Cheating with ChatGPT
ChatGPT has schools playing defense. This artificial-intelligence language bot was developed by OpenAI (“GPT” stands for “Generative…
Walker Percy and Abortion
Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022. The pro-life movement had worked toward this goal…
Memo to Gen Z Catholics: Why Vatican II Is Still Important
Mr. Adam Lucas, who is “newly married with a baby on the way” (mazel tov!) and “has…
