First Things Junior Fellows Program 2024

by The Editors

The First Things junior fellows program is accepting applicants for 2024.  Continue Reading »

18 Jan 2024

The Great Forgetting

by R. R. Reno

The rising generation of leaders knows next to nothing about the great thinkers who have shaped our history. Who can blame them? They have been educated during the Great Forgetting. We have embarked on a remarkable experiment: a society governed by those who have little knowledge of the humanities, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2023

First Things Junior Fellows Program 2023

by The Editors

The application deadline is less than two weeks away!
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28 Feb 2023

First Things Junior Fellows Program 2021

by The Editors

We are now accepting applications for our Junior Fellows program.  Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2021

First Things Junior Fellows Program 2020

by Editors

Calling all graduating college seniors and recent graduates. Want to apply for the First Things junior fellows program? Applications are due Friday, March 13, 2020. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2020

First Things Junior Fellows Program 2019

by Editors

Calling all graduating college seniors and recent graduates. Want to apply for the First Things junior fellows program? Applications are due Monday, March 11, 2019. Continue Reading »

15 Jan 2019

First Things Junior Fellows Program 2018

by Editors

Calling all graduating college seniors and recent graduates. Want to apply for the First Things junior fellows program? Applications are due Friday, March 16, 2018.

8 Jan 2018

On Max Weber and Milton

by Junior Fellows

The junior fellows discuss Milton's love sonnets and Max Weber on the spirit of capitalism.  Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2017

The Parson and the Talmud

by Junior Fellows

The junior fellows reflect on George Herbert's prose and the meaning of the term “talmudic.” Continue Reading »

18 Aug 2017

First Things: Food for the Soul

by Veery Huleatt

Every so often, our readers send us pictures of their small but discerning offspring chewing their way through the latest issue of First Things. We proudly display these pictures on a bulletin board dedicated to celebrating the most junior members of the First Things family. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2017