Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
No Happy Harmony
At least once a semester, a young female student will come to my office with questions about…
Every Last Detail
Every Last Detail n In “The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss,” the cover story for a recent…
When
the silver cord / the broken lamp / the overboard / the firedamp...
2013 Supreme Court Roundup
The United States Supreme Court has two personalities. In the vast majority of cases on its docket,…
How Fares Religious Freedom?
Over two years ago, the federal Department of Health and Human Services unveiled the “HHS mandate,” a…
The Impossibility of Secular Society
There is no such thing as a secular society. My claim is a brutal and paradoxical one:…
The True Helen
That Helen never really eloped with Paris, that the Achaeans and the Trojans fought their great war…
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
This essay was delivered as the 25th Erasmus Lecture. If you visit Edinburgh, you can visit the…
No Enduring City
One of the temperamental advantages to be gained from a belief in divine providence is serenity in…
Letters—Aug/Sept 2013
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. ...
