Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Conservative Confusions
John Stuart Mill famously labeled conservatism the stupid party. Whatever was the case then, that hardly holds…
Poetry
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 103 (May 2000): 29, 47. Desert Confirmation They say these people are…
Leading Children Beyond Good and Evil
Perhaps the enduring subtext in the evolution of moral education in America, and its continuing story to…
Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind
Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind by james e. person rowman & littlefield, 284…
Market or Moral Failure?
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 103 (May 2000): 2-6. Market or Moral Failure? The seductive appeal of…
Forgiveness & the Death Penalty
On February 24, the State of Texas executed Betty Lou Beets, age sixty-two, for the murder of…
Believing in the Word
The recent death of Catholic author Andre Dubus represents a loss to anyone interested in the fate…
Lincoln, Nietzsche, and the Constitution
There was some puzzlement among John Stuart Mill’s contemporaries that he should publish his tract On Liberty,…
Remembering the Rescuers
In a no“holds“barred article, “Auschwitz and the Professors,” published in the June 1998 issue of Commentary ,…
Poetry
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 102 (April 2000): 10, 23, 38, 43, 49. Chowkiakow: The River (September…
A History of the Popes, 1830–1914
A History of the Popes, 1830-1914 by owen chadwick oxford university press, 626 pages, $52.56 A century…
Are Women Inferior?
Copyright (c) 2000 First Things 102 (April 2000): 2-8. Are Women Inferior? It appears that Marie I.…
The Death of Medicine in Nazi Germany
Death of Medicine in Nazi Germany: Dermatology and Dermatopathology Under the Swastika by wolfgang weyers madison books,…
Briefly Noted 21
A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition by john rawls belknap/harvard university press, 538 pages, $77.20 Among academics,…
“Father Forgive Them”?
The first word from the cross: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Christians…
