Theology
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Bioethics in 2017
Aside from Donald Trump’s call to “repeal and replace” Obamacare and Hillary Clinton’s promise to repeal the…
New Year’s Wishes for some Catholic Brethren
The year ahead promises to be a challenging year for the Catholic Church. Thus some new year’s…
Rogue One and the Return of Reverence
Star Wars is—or should be—a religious franchise. The Jedi are a monastic order trained in contemplating and…
Silence: Scorsese’s Spiritual Masterpiece
It has taken almost thirty years for Martin Scorsese to film Silence, Shūsaku Endō’s novel about Catholic…
King David
In a provocative and profound essay in this magazine (“A King in Israel,” May 2010), the late…
Violent Lessons
Children are not exposed to enough violence. Yes, I know the grim statistics, how a child who…
The Loss of Peace
The title of New York Times columnist Charles Blow’s post-election column was an anguished cry: “America Elects…
Franciscan Churchmanship
When Kenneth Clark devoted an episode to the Middle Ages in his magisterial BBC series, Civilisation, he…
A Grim Harvest
Upon learning of his son’s fatal heart disease, a father arranges to donate his own heart in…
After Planning
Thirty years ago, Lucy Suchman’s Plans and Situated Actions reminded us of the limits of our ability…
Can the Religious Right be Saved?
I am an heir of Bible Belt America, but also a survivor of Bible Belt America. I…
All We Like Sheep
A statue of the risen Lord, No more than four feet tall, Composed of resin painted gold,…
Play American
Just seventy years ago, a Fortune poll reported that 62 percent of Americans listened to classical music,…
Hast Thou Considered the Heptapod?
Communication between different ideological worlds has never been more necessary and never seemed more impossible. This is…
First Things in the Year Ahead
It’s been a remarkable year. The success of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump signal significant…
