Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
He Who Pays the Piper …
One of the most dramatic stories of religious and cultural change in recent American history is the…
RJN: Iraq and Things to Come
I have no privileged perspective on the wisdom or lack thereof in President Bush’s Wednesday night address…
Death and Lectures
I’ll be lecturing in Baltimore on Monday, January 29, and in Denver on Tuesday, February 6. You…
The State of Social Conservatism
So what is one to make of the State of the Union address last night? A superior…
Do Not Adjust Your Browser
Behold, the redesign of our website has arrived¯at last! It now features: • Online-only subscription (as well…
Ambivalence and Resolve About Roe
The most consequential cultural and political event in American history in the past half century was the…
Zoos: Not for Children Anymore
Perhaps it is wrong for me to comment about a movie I have no intention of seeing:…
Leithart: Manners & Modes of Worship
The German historian of manners Norbert Elias begins his book The Civilizing Process by asking how the…
Bottum: Following Up the Duke Case
College is time for learning things, and there have been several lessons taught by the accusations of…
RJN: MLK Today
Diverse ways of thinking about Martin Luther King Jr. and the ways in which his day is…