Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Letters—April 2001
Tom Bethell (“ Against Sociobiology,” January ) is to be commended for pointing out the fatal flaw…
Edward T. Oakes and His Critics: An Exchange
I am glad that First Things asked Edward T. Oakes to review my book The Wedge of…
Critical Thinking Prohibited
Federal courts in Louisiana recently reached the conclusion that too much thinking about the difficult issues involved…
The First Freedom Under Siege
Worldwide, religious freedom is deteriorating. A world is a difficult thing to summarize, but the trend shows…
Poetry
Ingathering my frail smocked son he says: don’t squeeze. Absolution by poison has made him into papier…
The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550–1640
The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550–1640 by william j. bouwsma yale university press, 304 pages, $7.02 In…
The Politics of Incivility
It was perhaps the most unusual statement in a political year full of surprises. Stockwell Day, new…
Ecumenical Conundrum
Ecumenism”or at least ecumenism rightly understood (definition supplied below)”is not an optional matter for Christians. It is…
Educating for Marriage, Sort Of
In the past ten years a promising trend has taken hold. Divorce rates have leveled off, premarital…
Daemonomania
Daemonomania by john crowley bantam, 464 pages, $30 This book is the third of the projected four…
A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War by harry v.…
The Future of the Papacy: A Symposium
In the February issue First Things published the Erasmus Lecture of 2000, “Papacy and Power,” by George…
Just Wages
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a statement, Faithful Citizenship , calling for “policies that…
Letters—February 2001
Richard John Neuhaus says that my assertion in the (London) Sunday Times regarding Pope John Paul’s disability…
Winning Semi–Ugly
The best thing to be said about the endgame of the presidential election is that, bad as…
