Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Leo Strauss and the Closed Society
In the spring of 1941, as Hitler was laying plans for his invasion of the Soviet Union,…
Ancients and Moderns
We are no better than our ancestors. I firmly believe this, although apparently many others do not.…
Conservatives for Labor
A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by jane mcalevey harpercollins, 304 pages, $16.99…
Genocide in Ukraine?
Memo to both newly elected members of Congress like J. D. Vance and incumbents like Josh Hawley…
The Source of our Gratitude
On behalf of the board, editors, and staff of First Things: Thank you to our more than…
How to Resist the New Totalitarianism
Religious Freedom After the Sexual Revolution:A Catholic Guideby helen m. alvarécua press, 256 pages, $24.95 In Jack…
David French and the Future of Orthodox Protestantism
In two recent articles on the Respect for Marriage Act, David French both argues that the legislation…
How One Christian School Addressed Critical Theory
More than twenty years ago, my wife and I helped found Augustine School, a classical Christian school…
The Dereliction of Europe’s Religious Buildings
In October 1943, Winston Churchill eloquently expressed the importance of architecture in a speech calling for the…
Confusion and Its Cost
History never repeats itself, but patterns of human thought and behavior repeat themselves all the time. William…
Kevin DeYoung on The Case for Kids
Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Kevin DeYoung to talk about his article, “The Case for Kids,”…
C. S. Lewis and Contraception
C. S. Lewis was a prudent man. He picked his battles carefully. On the ethics of contraception,…
President Biden, Archbishop Paglia, and the Mortification of the Church
No one who has worked in Washington for more than four decades, as I have, can possibly…
The Poetry of Autumn
A number of years ago, I published a poem in First Things called “Autumn Road.” Although the brilliant…
The Kindness Challenge
Kindness as it is currently understood is not a virtue, which may explain why we are hammered…
