American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Celibacy in Context
It seems that the one thing everyone knows about the Eastern Churches is that “they have married…
Dakota Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was always tense while I was growing up, and I don’t know why. Christmas, now—Christmas was…
Proselytizing for Tolerance
Part I: Paul J. Griffiths Proselytism is a topic enjoying renewed attention in recent years. This is…
No End in Sight
Only two more Left Behind books to go and we’ll finally know how the world ends. I…
The Hour of the Laity
Throughout the twentieth century, leaders of the Catholic Church implored lay men and women with increasing urgency…
Seeking a Better Way
We may not have seen anything quite like this since Europe in the eighteenth century. In Tulsa,…
Who Needs Purgatory?
I commend Jerry L. Walls for his examination of the issue of purgatory from his own Wesleyan…
Antonin Scalia and His Critics: The Church, the Courts, and the Death Penalty
In his article “God’s Justice and Ours” (FT, May), Justice Antonin Scalia states correctly, I believe, that…
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
I know it is a fact, but it is nonetheless hard to picture: Had he lived, Martin…
How to Think About Globalization
Soon after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last September, the Economist published…
The Meanings of Marriage
“The apt and cheerful conversation of man with woman is the chief and noblest purpose of marriage,”…
Onward Catholic Soldiers?
I’m grateful for what I’ve learned from the letters to First Things about my exchange with George…
Newman on the Personal
There immediately follows a piece of vintage Newmanian satire. He imagines the division of mind that is…
Your Word Is Truth
In the spring of 1994, a group of Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants issued a much-discussed statement,…
Stem Cells and False Hopes
We have all witnessed the transforming power of hope—the focus and sustenance hope provides when strength and…
