Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Pro-Life Movement Chooses the Hard Right Over the Easy Wrong
Many of us have a story about how we got involved in the pro-life movement. Perhaps it…
Ralph Ellison on Cultural Appropriation
In 1970, Ralph Ellison wrote the essay “What America Would Be Like Without Blacks.” In it, he…
Pope Francis and the Life Issues
Pope Francis’s tendency to use colorful expressions and abrasive adjectives in commenting on ideas, habits, and practices…
Beyond Integralism and Progressivism
A Brief Apology for a Catholic Moment by jean-luc marionnuniversity of chicago press, 120 pages, $27.99 nThe manifest…
The Making of Christian England
The Anglo-Saxons:A History of the Beginnings of Englandby marc morrispegasus, 528 pages, $32 The art of telling…
Heaven Is a Concert Hall
The first sentence of the Bible—“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”—reports the initial…
Conservative Jurisprudence Must Change
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Hadley Arkes joins the…
Grimm Indeed
On June 28, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Gloucester County School Board v.…
Books From a Parallel Time Stream
It’s uncanny how quickly books and their authors are forgotten. This is true even of those who…
Publishing Priorities
Our Christian publishing houses are in rough shape. They are the poor living in the dust, the…
A Sacred Right
Religious Liberty in Crisis:Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty by ken starrnencounter, 234 pages, $26.99 For…
Catholic Politicians, Abortion, and the Eucharist
On June 17, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to draft a teaching document on…
A Narrow Victory for Religious Liberty
Last week, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Catholic adoption services case, Fulton v.…
Arguments, Not Sound Bites
I have been writing for First Things since 2013. The intervening years have been an interesting time…
The Critical Eye of Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm died on Wednesday, June 16, the same day that the New Yorker signed its first…
