First Things

Opening Up the World

Academic dogma casts religiously inspired critique as narrow and bigoted, but my experience has been the opposite. Continue Reading »

The Future of First Things

America is at its best when our political secularism finds inspiration and grounding in a culture deeply informed by religious belief. Continue Reading »

A Note of Thanks

Dear Reader,

Thank you for being a part of our fall 2016 fundraising campaign! Continue Reading »

First Things in the Year Ahead

What we need in 2017 and beyond is a renewal of covenant, of the paradoxically empowering bondage of loves and loyalties we gratefully affirm. Continue Reading »

From Atheism to First Things

If anyone had said to me in 2005 that a decade later I would be saying prayers every night and working at a religious magazine during the day, I would have laughed. Continue Reading »

Ciceronian Times Call for Ciceronian Voices

The church may be moving back to the status it had in the first-century CE but the world around us might be more akin to Rome of the first-century BCE. Continue Reading »

First Things, the Live Option

For me, First Things was more than a political journal. It was a field guide to the ideological chaos that I encountered every day on campus. Continue Reading »

The Ingredients of Christian Witness

Two oz. scotch (cheap stuff will do just fine). 1 oz. tawny port. A handful of namkeen. These were the key ingredients of my grandfather’s 3 a.m. ritual. And, to accompany them in the undisturbed quiet of the early morning, First Things. Continue Reading »

First Things, the National Pulpit

Since its first issues appeared more than twenty-five years ago, First Things has been hailed as the leading journal of religion and public life in America, one of the leading journals of its kind in the world. Continue Reading »

We Need Your Support

For over 25 years, our mission at First Things has been to renew the religious foundations of our society. I know that goal looks increasingly remote. But the best defense is a good offense. We need to speak loudly, boldly, and theologically. We need help from readers like you in order to keep up with this task. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to First Things now.
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