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Crony Capitalism and the Conservative Politics of Resentment
Why it is that conservatives (as distinct from libertarians) are seen as “trying to dismantle the welfare…
Conference on International Religious Freedom (June 20)
For First Things readers in the neighborhood: On June 20, the Center for Law and Religion will co-host…
Familial Arrangements and Rearrangements
Season Seven, Episode Six of Mad Men, titled “The Strategy,” takes as its subject families—how they are…
First Links — 5.22.14
Conservatives Must Increase Economic Security not Undermine It Anna Sutherland, Millennial Can Google Search for Friendship? Leah…
The Pope and the Patriarch
On Sunday Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will join one another in their pilgrimage to Jerusalem.…
Creation Fulfilled
With the ascent of the Lamb (Revelation 5:13-14), the triple-decker vertical dimension of the universe – heaven,…
Hospitable God
Yahweh brings Israel to Sinai and shows Moses the pattern for the tabernacle. For the first time,…
Too Liturgical?
One of the central insights of Jeff Meyers’ book The Lord’s Service is that the liturgy is pre-eminently…
C. S. Lewis on Friendship
In The Four Loves, C. S. Lewis writes, “Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of…
First Links — 5.21.14
Tel Aviv Catholic Church Serves Growing Migrant Community Indrani Basu and John Albert, Religion News Service Whit…
Double Cycle
In a classic essay on the defiling force of sin in Studies in Sin and Atonement (258-9), A.…
Reformational Catholicism Now
Tim Nichols describes local ecumenism in Englewood, Colorado, at the Trinity House site.
Flesh, Bone, Blood
Gil Anidjar (Blood: A Critique of Christianity) makes the surprising claim that while “there may be a…
Why Hobby Lobby is a Person
Alan Meese and Nate Oman, both of William and Mary, have written an exceptionally lucid essay in…
Choose Your Victims Well
More sad news from Nigeria today. A pair of car bombs in the city of Jos has…
