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Renewing Labor
Conservatives have placed a new spotlight on the policy and politics of work. In his VP acceptance…
On Distinguishing Justice and Vengeance
For Peru, the 1980s were an ugly time. Shining Path, a Maoist terror group, was in full…
“Sinicization” Is Not Inculturation
Inculturation” has been a Catholic buzzword for over a half-century. It’s not the most elegant neologism, smacking…
VP Nominee Tim Walz Supports the Right to Infanticide
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. Walz…
The Black Hole of Sin
The Adversaryby michael crummeyharper, 336 pages, $21.79 Michael Crummey introduces his 2023 novel, The Adversary, with two epigrams.…
The Future of The Catholic Church
Is the Second Vatican Council receding in the church’s rearview mirror? Has the Francis pontificate raised new…
Why First Things Is A Nonprofit
I’d like to thank everyone who advanced the mission and work of First Things during our Spring…
Paul, the Christian Socrates
Paul’s apology before the court of the Areopagus (Acts 17) has been held up as a master…
A Roster of Saints
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Archbishop Alfred Hughes joins…
To Desire Like a Little Child
Minor Indignitiesby trevor cribben merrill wiseblood books, 233 pages, $15.80 Milan Kundera once admitted in a conversation with René…
Israel, Armenia, and the Ivy League
My great-grandparents came to Egypt in the early twentieth century, narrowly escaping the systematic genocide of the…
The Carthusians of Vermont
In a hollow just north of Bennington, Vermont, near the New York state line, nineteen monks at…
Can We Make the World a Better Place?
Mortal Goods: Reimagining Christian Political Dutyby ephraim radnerrnbaker academic, 280 pages, $36.99 Midway through Mortal Goods, Ephraim…
Radiant in the Gulag and Elsewhere
In Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week, Pope Benedict XVI remarked on the striking parallel between the presence…
On the “Nation” of Christian Nationalism
Most of the ruckus about Christian Nationalism has focused on the first term of the phrase. What…
