Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
For the Sake of Civil Argument
Talk about “criminalizing political differences” is again rife in the wake of the conviction of Scooter Libby.…
Varieties of Religious Certitude
In a recent essay in the Times Literary Supplement , Steven Weinberg suggested that the reason the…
March Letters 178
The Founders & Individualism As a fellow law professor and Catholic, I agree with many of the…
Letrillos
Nativity With God’s Word-the burgeon that swells in her womb” now she comes, the Virgin: if you…
Responses to Balthasar, Hell, and Heresy
In the exchanges between Alyssa Pitstick and Edward Oakes, S.J., on the thought of Hans Urs von…
Metaphysical America
A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion by catherine l. albanese…
Bach to the Future
Johann Sebastian Bach: Life and Work by martin geck harcourt, 752 pages, $40 The collected works of Johann…
Literature in the Ruins
Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination: Ruins, Relics, Rarities, Rubbish, Uninhabited Places, and Hidden Treasures, by Francesco…
Catholic Nursing Homes to Be Forced to Permit Assisted Suicide
“Choice” my foot: If the new bill to legalize assisted suicide in California (A.B. 374) becomes law,…
Cardinal Newman for Ash Wednesday
No theologian working inside the traditions of western Christianity was more sensitive to the rhythms of the…
The March Issue Is Here
The March issue of First Things is now available¯at newsstands and here, online, for subscribers. Look, I…
Prostitutes for the Disabled
Here’s a very sad story from Great Britain . Twenty-two-year-old Nick Wallis suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy,…
February Letters 177
Hegel Finagled Regarding “America in the European Mind” by Thomas Albert Howard (November): Mr. Howard’s quotation from…
Evangelicals and the Mother of God
It is time for evangelicals to recover a fully biblical appreciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and…
Wrong from Wright
Those of us Protestants whose heritage is relatively congregational may sometimes find ourselves thinking things would be…
