Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
September 11, 2020
I put on a dark suit this morning, something somber for this day of remembrance. Instead of…
Wanted: Solomons
COVID-19 has reignited America’s “science wars.” Many Americans are skeptical about the efficacy of lockdowns and masks…
Religious Freedom: Bleached, Blanched, and Rinsed Out
Father Richard John Neuhaus put two Big Ideas into play in American public life. The first was…
A Statement on Public Officials and Public Office
Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT) is a bilateral ecumenical initiative dedicated to discussing theological and cultural topics.…
Native Americans in the Land of Uz
When you are a child, you notice all sorts of things that you can’t articulate until you…
Rule of Law Imperiled
Unrest continues in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake. News of street…
Tell Us What You Think
You’re pretty well informed about what First Things writers are thinking. Those who subscribe to the print…
The Woman Who Inspired Wicca
Just under a century ago, in 1921, one of the strangest books ever to be published by…
Keep Christ at the Center
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.” These words from W. B. Yeats’s poem “The Second Coming”…
When Theory Wasn’t Political
Back in 1984 or so, Jacques Derrida came to UCLA to deliver a lecture to the English…
Toppling Priorities
The present trumps the past. Such is the rock-bottom conviction of our culture. Scientific and economic advances…
Woke Ideology at Catholic Colleges
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. C. C. Pecknold joins contributing…
What We’ve Been Reading—August 2020
R. R. RenoEditor nIn the final days of July I finished Christopher Beha’s latest novel, The Index…
Common Objects of Trust
A year ago, Gallup reported that trust in media was at an all-time low. We trust our…
Theology After the Virus
The Time of the Virus will have a significant effect on theological study, research, and training. The…
