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First Links — 5.13.2016
Captain America: Civil War Puts Humanity Before SpectacleAlexi Sargeant, Acculturated What Is the Benedict Option, and Why…
Worthy Reception
In a contribution to Cultural Reformations, David Aers and Sarah Beckwith explain that “One of the chief…
Augustinian Eucharist
David Aers and Sarah Beckwith argue that Augustine’s interpretation of John 6 cannot be understood in a…
Disenchantment and the Sacrifice of Intellect
Theology often lays claim to scientific status, Weber observes, but in doing so does something that no…
Titles We Didn’t Choose — June/July 2016
Our June/July 2016 issue of First Things is hot off the press and available on our website.…
From the Mountain
John is carried by the Spirit to a “great and high mountain” (Revelation 21:9-10), where he sees…
Sacraments and the Secular Age
Charles Taylor’s account of our Secular Age has many virtues. (The following relies on Jamie Smith’s summary…
Science, Disenchantment, Meaning
Max Weber begins his lecture on “Science as a Vocation” by noting the “meaningless” of science, a…
Judge Dread
The case of a Wyoming judge has not made the big news as yet but looks set…
Culture, Anti-Culture, and Nostalgia
I have received a fair amount of response to last week’s post on the rise of the…
Urban Art
Revelation 21-22 gives a vision of an adorned city. Kings bring treasures into the city, but the…
Youth Ministry in a Secular Age
James KA Smith’s You Are What You Love is an accessible, penetrating treatment of the liturgical understanding…
Future First
The vision of the heavenly city at the end of Revelation contains a major oddity: The city…
More Than Cool Reason
Antonio Damasio began to doubt the purity of reason when he encountered a patient with a brain…
Apologetics in a Secular Age
In his summary of Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age, James KA Smith observes how apologetics accommodates to…
