Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Letters
Elect Voters At the outset of his thoughtful “The Evangelical Voter” (February), John G. West complains that…
Wendell Berry’s Marriage Reversal
Wendell Berry’s recent self-described “general declaration” in support of “homosexual marriage” shocked many, fans and critics alike.…
The Next Pope
The Next Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation marks the end of the heroic generation. Writing as I am…
Faith’s Political Witness
In revealing himself, God was not merely concerned with sating our curiosity. His revelation sheds no special…
Ruling to Serve
Those of us who are citizens of liberal democratic regimes do not refer to those who govern…
Anti-Antipolitics
In God’s Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible by Michael Walzer Yale, 256 pages, $28 In the…
Si Fueris Romae
In 1919, Davidson Black—today chiefly remembered as a colleague of Teilhard de Chardin—was made a professor in…
Reason Enraptured
Anyone who tries to evaluate the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar faces not only the sheer…
Eudaimonia in America
America is under attack in the pages of First Things. In a recent article Notre Dame professor…
Easter Spoils, 2012
This is the end—for me, the beginning of life. —Dietrich Bonhoeffer (from his last recorded words) Words…
Thoroughly Modern Mary
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín Scribner, 81 pages, $19.99 All told, Mary utters only two…
Homosexual Marriage, Parenting, and Adoption
This essay unfortunately has a number of plagiarized passages that were only discovered after First Things had…
Black Power, White Fear
Black Power, White Fear I first saw them when I was thirteen or fourteen. They were frightening,…
The French Quarter
Yes, I remember Bourbon Street: The pulse of jazz; the girls (and boys Done up as girls)…
Evangelical Catholicism
The deep reform of the Catholic Church has been underway since the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII…
