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Calvary’s Lost Catholicism
Patrick Cassidy, the composer for the 2014 film Calvary, jokes about the film’s grimness: “It’s not exactly…
A Daily Reading Plan for Shakespeare’s Works
A couple of years ago, having twice gone through the Bible on daily reading plans, I wanted…
First Links—12.29.14
How the Essay Was Won and Where It Got Us Tobias Carroll, Hazlitt Three Conceptions: Laschian, Romantic,…
A Question of Vatican Diplomacy
While at a conference in Rome to honor previous Nobel Peace Prize winners, Jody Williams was dismayed to…
Invisible Hand
Adam Smith wrote, briefly in several places, of an invisible hand that guided economic life. The work…
It’s A Smart Phone World
As a techno-lagger, I came late to the smart phone world. Every sentient adult who has used…
Slaughtered Sons
Today we remember the Holy Innocents—those infant boys of Bethlehem who were slaughtered at Herod’s command in…
We’re in the Way
Dear Reader, Merry Christmas! On Monday, First Things took its end of year campaign online for a…
End-of-Year Honor for Gordon Antagonist
Dear reader, First Things provides a place where faith has a voice. Will you make sure that…
Terrain of Atonement
In his commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Romans (60-1), Peter Stuhlmacher argues that Paul’s use of hilasterion…
Atonement According to Hebrews
In his essay in The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology, Nehemia Polen explores what light the…
Mystery of the Cross
Emil Brunner acknowledges that “The message of the Cross is the central mystery of the scriptural Gospel.” In…
Worthy of Double Honor
Dear reader, First Things provides a place where faith has a voice. Will you make sure that…
Where Faith Has a Voice
Dear Reader, Thank you for being a reader of First Things. I’m grateful to have you as…
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