Theology

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The Haunted Empire

Anastasia Shteinert

In October 1905, Papus, a French occultist, performed a solemn ritual amid the marble and gold of…

Charles Murray Comes to God (ft. Charles Murray)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Charles Murray joins…

Vatican II at Sixty

Thomas G. Guarino

December 8, 2025, is quickly approaching, a date marking the sixtieth anniversary of the close of the…

Anglican Imaginary

Ephraim Radner

I have long thought that the Great Litany of the Book of Common Prayer represents most fully…

Modernity and God-Talk

Hans Boersma

The great temptation of the modern world is to live as if God did not exist—etsi Deus…

How Much Does Dilexi Te Reflect Leo XIV’s Thinking?

Raymond J. de Souza

"Slogans do not lift people out of poverty,” Pope Leo XIV said in his address to the…

No, Paul Was Not Against the Jews

Jason A. Staples

Last month, I was initially pleased to learn of a second First Things article reviewing my book,…

Briefly Noted

Our Lady of the Green Scapular charts a relay race of grace. The vision granted to Sr.…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

According to the Wall Street Journal, construction spending on churches is up. For two decades, church attendance…

Lessons from Luther and Newman

Carl R. Trueman

Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of…

What Charles Taylor Got Wrong

Adam Eilath

Two decades ago, I was an undergraduate at McGill University, where Charles Taylor lectured. Taylor, born in…

The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin…

Bring Back Beautiful Sermons

Ephraim Radner

St. Augustine remains the Church’s greatest preacher. A single sermon of his can roam in many directions.…

Voyages to the End of the World

Peter Thiel Sam Wolfe

Francis Bacon dreamed of abolishing disease, natural disasters, and chance itself. He also dreamed of abolishing God.

The Lost Art of Saying “No”

John M. Grondelski

Conservative pundit Matt Walsh recently contended that “we have to recapture the long-lost art of saying ‘no.’”…