Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Mechanized Justice
Justice Through Apologies: Remorse, Reform, and Punishment by nick smith cambridge, 413 pages, $33 For decades, American…
A Real Theocrat
Christian Reconstructionism: R. J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism by michael j. mcvicar north carolina, 326 pages,…
Briefly Noted
The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom by michael shermer …
Gated Community
The buyer signed the contract smugly sure The guarded walls he’d bought would keep away The street-game…
The Poem Remembers
Why Homer Matters by adam nicolson henry holt and co., 320 pages, $30 Homer on the Gods…
Richard John Neuhaus
Richard John Neuhaus The biography is out. Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square was researched…
Vinculum Magnum Entis
I was once told by a young, ardently earnest Thomist . . . you know, one of those manualist…
John Glenn Smith’s Last Day
John Glenn Smith’s last day at home was hot, cicadas scratching out their shrilling rhythm from the…
Letters—April 2015
Freud While “The Back Page” is usually my favorite part of First Things, I must object to…
Barth Wars
Reading Barth with Charity: A Hermeneutical Proposal by george hunsinger baker, 208 pages, $24.99 Rumors of war…
How Not To Read the Bible If You Want to Remain a Christian
When some people read the Bible, they find God to be a little schizophrenic, telling us to…
John Wesley and Religious Liberty
Last year I wrote for First Things on John Wesley’s reaction to anti-Methodist riots in the mid-1700s as…
When Pastoral Language Becomes Political Rhetoric
Mark Bauerlein’s post on the rhetoric of anti-discrimination points clearly to the problem which traditionalists face: In…
Will David Hart’s Dog Go To Heaven?
In a recent issue of First Things (“Vinculum Magnum Entis,” April), David Hart recounts (or, perhaps, constructs) a…
The Vision of Father Neuhaus
In his insightful new biography, Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square, Randy Boyagoda recounts the…
