How Pop Nietzscheanism Masquerades as Christianity

by Carl R. Trueman

The Church needs to remain faithful to her appointed task and not become simply an arm of those vying for political power.  Continue Reading »

16 May 2024

What Joe Lieberman Taught Me

by Jeff Ballabon

Former Senator Joe Lieberman was an exemplary leader and man of faith in the public square.  Continue Reading »

16 Apr 2024

Mamet’s Map and NetChoice v. Paxton

by Philip Hamburger

NetChoice v. Paxton is a case about government-orchestrated censorship that will decide the fate of free speech in this country. Continue Reading »

26 Feb 2024

The Future of the Catholic Church

by Russell Shaw

Perhaps more than at any time since Christianity’s early centuries, lay people will have to shoulder more responsibility in the work of the Church. Continue Reading »

28 Aug 2023

Queer Theology

by Mark Bauerlein

John Murawski joins the podcast to discuss his recent article “Queering Jesus: How It's Going Mainstream at Progressive Churches and Top Divinity Schools.” Continue Reading »

7 Aug 2023

The Best of Times

by R. R. Reno

In the worst of times, First Things writers, readers, and supporters are blessed with the best of times. Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2023

Catholics in America

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Christopher Shannon joins the podcast to discuss his new book, American Pilgrimage: A Historical Journey through Catholic Life in the New World. Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2023

Religious Freedom in America

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Katie Geary joins the podcast to talk about the Religious Freedom Index, a survey by Becket Law.  Continue Reading »

28 Feb 2022

Cheever's God

by Matthew Schmitz

Readers of John Cheever’s stories, most of which appeared in the New Yorker before being collected in a Pulitzer-winning book in 1978, regarded the author as “the Ovid of ­Ossining,” the artist who showed the riches and wonders of suburban life. Alert to the transcendent in the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2020

Witch Ways

by Philip Jenkins

In 1768, John Wesley expressed concern about the decline of popular belief in witchcraft and the supernatural: “The English in general, and indeed most of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wives’ fables. I am sorry for it. . . . They . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2019