Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Our Challenges
First things remain first things. The dignity of the human person, the joys and duties of the…
Passion and Prudence
As a longtime student of and occasional contributor to First Things , I am of course sympathetic…
On Loyalty
If you visit Edinburgh, you can visit the famous statue of Bobby that sits near the south…
No Enduring City
One of the temperamental advantages to be gained from a belief in divine providence is serenity in…
Letters
Suicide Wesley J. Smith gives no reasons for his lamentations concerning the increasing frequency of euthanasia and…
Fighting on New Terrain
A few months ago, after I had given a lecture on the future of Catholicism in Kennewick,…
Primacy of Witness
The greatest cultural”and ecclesial”challenge we have to confront is the loss of a palpable sense that God’s…
When the Wind Blows
I would have liked to linger in this room, But a rough wind was blowing. To wake…
Briefly Noted
The Promise of Christian Humanism: Thomas Aquinas on Hope by Dominic F. Doyle Crossroad, 248 pages, $34.95…
James Joyce: Right About the Church?
In the opening line of James Joyce’s Ulysses, stately, plump Buck Mulligan bears “a bowl of lather…
The Long Room
Alive in the long, deep room of the soul, I feel, at 41, absurdly old, a burnt-out…
God, Gods, and Fairies
One of the strangest claims often made by purveyors and consumers of today’s popular atheism is that…
Introduction
In December 2012, more than twenty scholars gathered in New York for a seminar to discuss the…
Solidarity
Money matters, but not as much as we’ve come to think. Even if everybody in America enjoyed…
Impossible Pluralism
Robert Bellah understands religion as an activity that takes us beyond the quotidian. The everyday world is…
