Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
An Unbooming Business
After the Baby Boomers:How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion by robert wuthnow…
Archimedes Quatrain
Jerusalem, fulcrum of our uplift, Is not this rough plank the Cross, laid aslant Golgotha, The lever…
Lawless Ends
Law as a Means to an End: Threat to the Rule of Law by brian z. tamanaha…
Prayer for Jamaica
Lord of the storm, spare Kingston’s unkempt port, spare Spanish Town and even Montego Bay. Open your…
Religion and Politics: “The Great Separation”
Religion and Politics: “The Great Separation” I approached Mark Lilla’s new book with considerable interest and with…
Barzun at 100
Remember the culture wars? In light of September 11 and the continuing War on Terror, it seems…
We Are the State
The news this next year will be dominated by the presidential race. That is near to inevitable.…
Why Kim Jong-Il Should Fear AntonÃn Dvořák
Now that the New York Philharmonic has accepted the North Korean government’s invitation to perform in Pyongyang…
The True Cost of Doing Something About Global Warming
According to a news story from Reuters , a recent Tufts University study (available here ) says…
The Real Presence of Christmas
It is not a matter of revving ourselves up to experience again the wonder of the Christ…
Our New Group Blog
. . . has been up and opining almost a week now¯as distinguished from our Daily Article…
The Warrior Class
Robert Kaplan has a fine essay over on the American Interest on the growing gap between the…
God in the Gallery
Numerous illustrations—absorbing, beautiful ones—of both the Vulgate Bible and the Divine Comedy by the Surrealist painter Salvador…
The January Issue of First Things Is Here!
“The defense of life,” declares Princeton University’s Robert P. George, “calls America back to the founding principles…
Watching The Golden Compass
The book version of The Golden Compass begins with a bang. The movie version with a lecture.…