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A selection of recent articles on this topic
2019: Our Year in Film and Television
We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable movies and TV…
The Ecstasy of the Mob
In his review of the 1946 French film Panique, critic Bilge Ebiri observes that mob behavior is…
A Hidden Life: The Story of a Marriage
I thought we could build our nest high up in the trees.” We hear the voice of…
Learning for Liberty
It’s college application season. From my window, I can see thoughtful families walking across the quad, following…
Arguing for Truth in the Anti-Culture
With the recent Tory triumph in the British parliamentary elections, it is clear that the old, predictable…
Leaders Who Can’t Lead
In my forty years as a student and teacher in higher education, I have seen the humanities,…
The Well-Fought Fight
The incorporation of Anglican hymnody into English-language Catholic worship is one of the great blessings of the…
Two Popes, Too Many Untruths
I felt strangely pulled between two minds as I sat through The Two Popes, the new movie said…
The Cure for Melancholy
I understand the cause of your sickness. You have forgotten what you are.” So says Lady Philosophy…
Affirming the Adventure of Orthodoxy
Dear Readers of First Things, We’re proud to serve as the leading voice for religious people who…
Algorithm Religion
It’s 2032 and you’re heading into town in your self-driving car. You are alone, asleep in the…
Cultural Critic, Cultural Christian
Clive James died on November 24, 2019, nearly a decade after being diagnosed with leukemia. Born in…
Peace In a Plastic World
Western secular culture “is a kind of hothouse growth,” Christopher Dawson wrote—an artificial culture that shelters us…
A Year of Reading: 2019
I’ve been doing this annual list for twenty years, and it has taken on a ritual quality.…
No Unity Without the Cross
This essay was given as a homily on November 16, 2019, at the Mass of the Americas…
