Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Letters—January 2009
The Life of Humanae VitaeMary Eberstadt (“ The Vindication of Humanae Vitae ,” August/September 2008) does an…
O Death, Where Is Thy Sting-a-Ling-a-Ling?
Nothing to Be Frightened Of by julian barnesknopf, 256 pages, $24.95 Death has many masks. He comes…
A Nation of Hustlers
Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829“1877 by Walter A. McDougall Harper, 787 pages, $34.95…
Mind Games
Work on Oneself: Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Psychology by fergus kerr institute for the psychological sciences press, 119 pages,…
The “American” Religion
The great contest is over the culture, the guiding ideas and habits of mind and heart that…
Lifeboat Ethics
Since I’m a utilitarian...
Self-Portrait at Fifty
None of this can be denied: / crabby, flabby, full of pride...
Effable
Where are words when not yet spoken: / on the tongue, / in the mind, / perhaps…
Natural Law Revealed
I The relations among nature, reason, and revelation are mysterious for both Protestants and Catholics. Consider John…
A Governing Shari’a
Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari’a by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im Harvard University Press,…
What to Give a First Things Reader
Seeking ideas for presents this year, we asked several of our well-read friends and contributors for recommendations…
Wrapping Up 2008
Ah, the books of 2008: Who can number them? All About the Beat and The Art of…
So, I spent Columbus Day…
So, I spent Columbus Day weekend writing ballads. Or, at least, browsing around in books of ballads,…
For Pro-Lifers, A New Day
The worst aspect of an Obama presidency, I have been telling friends for months, will be his…
Causes Beyond Left or Right
That April 8, 1966, cover of Time magazine became something of a cultural marker. It was completely…
