Donald Trump, Man of Faith
by Matthew SchmitzChristianity is a religion of losers. To the weak and humble, it offers a stripped and humiliated Lord. . . . . Continue Reading »
A Necessary, Neglected Conversation
by Jordan Zajac“It is undeniable that religion informs public life, and we need to regain a sense of the ways in which this dynamic operates.” I scribbled these words in my Moleskine. Continue Reading »
First Things, a Lifeline
by R. R. RenoIdeas have consequences. They are also vehicles of truth, and of uplift. Continue Reading »
Prince: Dance. Music. Sex. Religion.
by Stephen NiezgodaIʼm twenty years old, maybe twenty one. Weʼre four deep in my little two-door Saturn, on our way back from a show in the city. Itʼs late. I canʼt remember who played, but they were good. (They were all good back then, or at least I thought they were.) Weʼre passing the auxiliary cord, sharing . . . . Continue Reading »
Erasmus Before the Storm
by Timothy GeorgeFive hundred years ago this year, in February and March of 1516, a Swiss-German printer in Basel named Johann Froben published a volume of some 1,000 pages titled Novum Instrumentum Omne, “the whole New Testament.” This was the first officially published edition of the Greek New Testament, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Neoconservative Catholicism in America
by Patrick GarryIn this insightful, well-researched and thought-provoking book, Todd Scribner presents a compelling story of the development of neoconservative Catholic thought in the 1970s and 1980s. The story covers a wide spectrum of subjects, including church structure, secular political history, Catholic social thought, and public policy. Continue Reading »
The Myth of America's Religious Founding
by Mark David Hall
Many Americans have embraced one of two myths concerning the role of religion in the American founding. The first, widespread in nineteenth-century America and kept alive by popular Christian authors today, is that virtually all the founders were pious, orthodox believers who sought to establish a Christian nation.
Just Published: Religion and the Social Sciences
by First ThingsReligion and the Social SciencesConversations with Robert Bellah and Christian Smithedited by R. R. Reno and Barbara McClayMore often than not it’s a class in the social science that challenges the faith of students, not a class in biology. Does critical understanding of our religious . . . . Continue Reading »
The Bard's Religion
by Kenneth ColstonA Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion by david scott kastan oxford university press, 155 pages, $40.00If Zeno were to write Shakespeare criticism, he might sound a little like David Scott Kastan. The George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University’s meticulous, short book on . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert Wuthnow Replies to the Pew Research Center
by Robert WuthnowThe following is a reply by Robert Wuthnow to the Pew Research Center's official response to his article, “In Polls We Trust,” from the August/September issue of First Things. —Ed. I appreciate Alan Cooperman and Greg Smith taking the time to respond to “In Polls We . . . . Continue Reading »
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