Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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,…
King David
In a provocative and profound essay in this magazine (“A King in Israel,” May 2010), the late…
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…
Soros and Simony
Left-leaning financier George Soros is known for spending millions of dollars trying to influence U.S. presidential elections.…
A “Merciless Assault on Human Dignity”
The archbishop of Toronto is given to deprecating himself as “just a simple country cardinal.” In my…
From Atheism to First Things
At the time I came to First Things in mid-2014, I was just a couple of years…
The Troubling Legacy of Shūsaku Endō’s Silence
Shūsaku Endō’s Silence is now widely regarded as a modern classic. The initial reaction of Japanese Catholics,…
Christmas: “The Full Glorious Yes”
“Christmas comes even in the midst of rubble.” Those words were written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer to his…
