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Democracy and Mixed Government
In a lively exchange with Eugene McCarraher, John Milbank summarizes his views on democracy. Like Chesterton, he…
Levitical Priesthood
“Despite the central role which the priesthood played in Israel’s life and worship,” writes Nicholas Haydock (The…
Eliot and Liberalism
I‘ve been rereading T.S. Eliot’s Idea of a Christian Society. He wrote the book as World War…
Seconds
There are a number of “seconds” in the book of Revelation. References to the “second death” surround…
Ringing the Changes
JT Fraser begins one of his essays in Time and Time Again with this lovely sketch of a…
Didactic Poetry
In his introduction to Scott Cairns’s collection, Slow Pilgrim, Gregory Wolfe recounts Cairns’s development as a poet. He…
Time, Curse or Gift?
New Year’s Day makes on reflective, at least about the past year, perhaps about life, perhaps, more…
The Real Role of Diversity
In the December 14 issue of the Weekly Standard, Jonathan Last reflects on the remarkable success of…
Against the Academic Culture of Privilege
Olivia Legaspi is a Haverford College freshman. After working at McDonalds during the summer to save up…
Good Guys Have More Fun: What Works in The Force Awakens
I caught Star Wars: The Force Awakens with my family over the past weekend. Before we got…
For Those Curious Young Minds
Some of my fellow staff members here at First Things have written reflections on what sets First…
A Personal Reflection on First Things
I’m grateful to my parents for many reasons. But one thing I’m especially grateful about these days…
The Right Kind of Despair
Dan McLaughlin offers a brilliant, Christmas-themed argument against political despair; chock full of facts and logic, and…
Jews, Muslims, Christians
In his Washington Post piece about the Wheaton College controversy, Miroslav Volf equates Christian positions on Islam to…
The Harvest
GB Caird (The Revelation of St John the Divine) has a superb discussion of the harvest scene…
