Foreign Affairs
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Mugabe and the Churches
Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe, claims to be a man of faith¯and with some reason. He…
A Criterion for Compromises
Our friends over at the New Criterion have put out a big anthology including the editors’ choice…
Keeping the Humanist Faith, Sort Of
This is one strange book. Strange and frequently wonderful. Weighing in at 852 pages, nobody is going…
Mansfield on Atheism
Here at First Things , we’ve managed, more or less, to avoid talking about the new atheism…
What Is Anglicanism?
Few would deny that the Anglican Communion is in crisis. The nature of that crisis, however, remains…
The Aug-Sept Issue of First Things Is Online!
Another day, another dollar. Well, actually, another month, another issue of First Things . And the cost…
Stop Reading This Now
What are you doing looking here on the Fourth of July? Go away. Set off some firecrackers.…
Bearing Witness in a Time of War
The following homily was delivered by Fr. Neuhaus at the annual Memorial Mass of the Military Vicariate…
The Friday Potpourri
Rudy Giuliani and abortion? No big deal. As he told the folks in Iowa, we have to…
An Idiot’s Guide to Evolution
The dirty Darwinian secret is now out of the closet: If evolution is true, then it must…
All Things Bright and Beautiful
God’s Universe by Owen Gingerich Belknap Press, 160 pages, $16.95 When Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of…
America’s Greatest Mystery Writer
G.K. Chesterton’s Fr. Brown stories are proof that only the British style of detective fiction can reach…
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Should doctors or others be permitted to euthanize babies born with disabilities or assist the suicides of…
Good Friday 2007
“Through Mary he received his humanity, and in receiving his humanity received humanity itself. Which is to…
René Girard for Holy Week
To read René Girard is to want to slap one’s forehead and say, “Of course, why didn’t…
