Of Statues and Symbolic Murder
by Wilfred M. McClayIconoclasts seek to assault the sensibilities of those they oppose, and utterly destroy all physical evidence that such views ever existed. Continue Reading »
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Torah Is the Air We Breathe
by Gil StudentSecular society sees religion—and public worship in particular—as little more than a cultural expression or a lifestyle choice. Continue Reading »
Taking the Long Road
by Veronica ClarkeFirst Things is committed to defending the knowledge that “temporal tasks are best conducted in the light of eternal destiny.” Continue Reading »
Ahistorical Activism
by Sohrab AhmariToday’s iconoclasm fails to uphold any permanent ideals against which the past or the present might rightly be judged. Continue Reading »
The Great Democracy of Reading
by John WilsonThere is always a danger, when we visit the past, of seeing what we want to see or what we expect to see. Continue Reading »
Will Nancy Pelosi Take a Page From Her Father's Playbook?
by George WeigelMany Catholic schools in the United States are in serious trouble because of COVID-19. Continue Reading »
How Flannery O’Connor Fought Racism
by Jessica Hooten WilsonO’Connor used her fiction to call for Southerners to repent of racist attitudes. Continue Reading »
True to Our Mission
by Mark BauerleinFirst Things endeavors to give readers the intellectual equipment to sense the currents flowing beneath the rush of current events. Continue Reading »
Unjust Rules for Religious Believers
by Charles J. Chaput and Michael P. FarrisWhen public officials allow people to gather in secular settings but not religious ones, the government effectively declares that religious practice is not really necessary. Continue Reading »
Bad Faith Restrictions on Public Worship
by Mark MovsesianThe legality of public worship has become an item on our national agenda. Continue Reading »
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