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The Nones and the Buffered Self
I recently chatted with a professional photographer outside the historic Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. She…
Clinton’s Worldly Evangelical
Nicholas Kristoff just gave Deborah Fikes—until recently a prominent spokesperson for the World Evangelical Alliance and a…
Ark Among Gentiles
David’s first effort to bring the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem was a failure. The set-up…
A Boring, Bleating Old Traddy
There once was an Englishman named Richard Reynell Bellamy who became a Fascist. He raised his children…
It Takes A City
In a 1977 Daedalus article on “The Family and the City,” French historian Philippe Aries argued that…
The Beast
In an 1881 article, F.W. Farrar examined the case for Nero as the sea beast of Revelation…
Born in Zion
Psalm 87 is a hymn to Zion. The name “Zion” occurs four times, and the Psalm declares…
Born in Zion
“This article is coming soon… if you need the text for time-sensitive research or reference, please contact…
Asexual Millennials
In this episode of the First Things Podcast: A surprising new statistical study reveals that members of…
The Digital Triptych
A millennial recently bragged to my friend that he no longer has much reason to leave the…
Who Rents, Who Buys, Who Tells Your Story?
Little Men, the new gentrification drama from writer/director Ira Sachs (Love Is Strange), has a rich premise…
Federal Marijuana Policy Undermines Rule of Law
Federal marijuana policies subvert the rule of law in two ways: First, the law as currently written…
Consider the Fig
Ben Crair wants us to appreciate the fig as more than “a geriatric delicacy or the sticky…
Mary Douglas and Taboo
In a review of Jacob Milgrom’s Anchor Bible Leviticus commentary, Jonathan Klawans provides a helpful summary of…
Blinding Wealth
In his Anchor Bible commentary on Revelation (102-3), Craig Koester summarizes the book’s warnings about wealth. On…
