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Canada’s Euthanasia Bill
Update from the Canadian front of the Euthanasia Wars: BILL C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal…
What We’ve Been Reading—4.15.16
Mark Bauerlein Two nights ago, I found The Bonfire of the Vanities on the shelf and began…
The Gospel and Its Counterfeits
Two groups rush away from Jesus’ empty tomb. Both of them have news. The women came to…
Was Kobe Great?
So Kobe’s done, going out in grand style with 60 points as he led the Lakers to…
Puritan Modernism
America has a unique architecture, indebted to our unique religious makeup. In a 1982 article, Thomas Beeby…
First Links — 4.15.16
The Defense of Catholic MarriageRoss Douthat, New York Times Distributism is the FutureGene Callahan, American Conservative Catholic…
Muslim Paul
Patrick Gray’s Paul as a Problem in History and Culture is a wide-ranging study of anti-Paulinism. Biblical…
Intramural Combat
In his forthcoming, massive Reformations, Carlos M.N. Eire summarizes the conflicts between Philippists and Gnesio-Lutherans following Luther’s…
Paul’s Idol Polemics
Joshua Jipp argues that Paul’s Areopagus address contains both critique and propaganda, critique of Athenian superstition, lust…
Titles We Didn’t Choose — May 2016
Our May 2016 issue of First Things is hot of the press and available on our website.…
Upcoming Events—4.13.16
New York: Minneapolis Institute of Art: “Martin Luther: Art of the Reformation”April 20, 12:30 pmA roundtable discussion…
Aaron’s Genealogy
The genealogy of the priestly tribe of Levi (1 Chronicles 6) stands at the chiastic center of…
A Eucharistic Theory of Culture
The Lord’s Supper models a proper meal, but for that very reason it models a properly ordered…
Les Stars
In a 1972 essay on Les stars, Edgar Morin explains the difference between actors and stars by…
The True Goods of Marriage: Not What We Expect
Everyone’s talking about marriage these days. Even those who don’t believe in it are talking about it…
