Now online (and possibly in the mailboxes of those who subscribe), the November issue of First Things , featuring our first ever survey of America’s colleges and universities. Unlike other rankings, we include the schools’ social and religious life as well as their academics. The section includes our choice of the top 25 schools in America and descriptions of over one hundred secular and religious institutions, as well as lists like the most and least Catholic Catholic schools and the secular schools least unfriendly to religious faith.
Available online are: Stanley Hauerwas’s advice for students entering college , Ross Douthat’s review of Jonathan Franzen’s novel Freedom , and R. R. Reno’s ranking of the top graduate programs in theology .To see what’s In the rest of the issue, click here .
Ethics of Rhetoric in Times of War
What we say matters. And the way we say it matters. This is especially true in times…
How the State Failed Noelia Castillo
On March 26, Noelia Castillo, a twenty-five-year-old Spanish woman, was killed by her doctors at her own…
The Mind’s Profane and Sacred Loves
The teachers you have make all the difference in your life. That they happened to come into…