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Blessed are the Persecuted
At what point during yesterday morning’s Mass did the ISIS terrorists storm the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray? News…
Double Mission
Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert (What Is the Mission of the Church?) are concerned about the inflation…
A Mountain or a Marathon?
Last year, when Rusty Reno invited me to a seminar on Christian responses to transhumanism, I responded…
A Brief Theology of Genealogy
Genealogies may function “tribally,” that is, to secure the present of the tribe in the past, to…
America’s Economy is Cartelized, Corrupt, and Anti-Competitive
Under the title “Rotting-Flesh Reaganism,” R. R. Reno argues that Reagan’s campaign for economic freedom “made sense…
Saul’s Death in Chronicles
After nine long chapters of names, genealogies, and snippets of narrative, the Chronicler plunges the reader into…
Does Liberal Catholicism Have a Future?
Join our editors—Rusty Reno, Mark Bauerlein, Matthew Schmitz, and Julia Yost—as they discuss what’s happening in religion…
Titles We Didn’t Choose — August/September 2016
Our August/September 2016 issue of First Things is out in the world and available on our website.…
Catholics are Adopting a Lutheran Perspective on Martin Luther. They Shouldn’t.
Catholics are adopting a Lutheran perspective on Martin Luther. Or, more precisely, certain Catholics are adopting a…
Blog News
I‘ll return to blogging next week, with changes. Since I started blogging more than a decade ago,…
Our Electronic “Life”
The Internet of Usby michael p. lynchlivewright, 256 pages, $25.95 If diamonds could be had for free,…
Another Ad Orientem Roundup
Good commentary continues to be generated on the issue of priestly posture at Mass, stimulated by Cardinal…
Dispatches of a Microaggression Scout
Welcome, everyone. I want to say a few things, in no particular order, as I don’t see…
Pokémon Go and the Kindness of Strangers
What is Pokémon Go? Is it the epitome of decadence? Evidence of America’s precipitous decline? No. Every…
The Impossibility of Equal Concern
In recent months, terrorist attacks in different parts of the world have left scores of people dead…
