Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Taking on the Big-Money Left
The other day we learned that the Southern Poverty Law Center, which classifies defenders of religious liberty…
State Irreligion
In the May 1892 issue of Le Banquet, a young Marcel Proust wrote a spirited condemnation, excerpted…
Punching Above Our Weight
In my two years working at First Things, it has come to my attention that many readers…
Poland and the Future of Europe
As a child growing up in the Polish diaspora, I often visited the land of my forefathers…
Our Mission Against Despair
The work of dying well,” wrote Richard John Neuhaus , “is, in largest part, the work of…
Dreams of Progress Meet Ethnic Cleansing
How was the world misled by Aung San Suu Kyi? The question has often been asked since…
Freedom and First Things
What is the mission of First Things? We have a stock answer: To advance a religiously informed…
Atheists and Their Beliefs
Like Twain, Gandhi, and Einstein, Chesterton is misquoted almost as often as he is quoted accurately. One…
Reclaiming the Center of Evangelicalism
Recent developments in the Southern Baptist Convention have been difficult to watch: the destructive pastoral advice issued…
An All-Too-Moveable Feast
We American Catholics are now in the post-Easter Season of the Bollixed Holy Days. One of them—occurring…
Myth of Disenchantment
Once upon a time, magic was a mighty force, but not anymore. Once Britain was filled with…
Cheap Joy
On Holy Wednesday this year, I attended a local Catholic book club meeting on The Book of…
The Sins of Chick-fil-A
Recently, New Yorker contributor Dan Piepenbring noted with horror that Chick-fil-A, the chicken-sandwich chain that has been…
#BillHybelsToo?
The multiple recent allegations of sexual impropriety lodged against megachurch pastor Bill Hybels are provoking heated discussion…
A Diagnosis of Moralosis
An odd thing happened in Ireland on Easter Sunday. A politician, a senator who had been chairperson of…
