Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
A Christian at Passover
My first experience of Passover came the spring after our wedding. My wife is Jewish, and she…
Germany’s Confession of Nihilism
Every now and then I’m invited to an early-eighteenth-century castle in the German countryside, with high baroque…
Canceling Easter
There’s no doubt that the so-called “woke” march toward cultural domination suffered a setback after the 2024…
The Lord’s Supper Is for All Ages
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Jeffrey J. Meyers joins…
What We’ve Been Reading—March
Virginia Aabram I’m reading two books this Lent, the first of which is a reminder of what…
Divine Elitism
I have often seethed at the pigheadedness of bureaucrats. Their roles in the ecclesial and academic worlds…
Protestants Need Virtue Ethics
It is no profound insight to note that one of the great challenges of our time is…
Aging and the Quest for Immortality
Nobody wants to live to be a hundred, except the guy who’s ninety-nine. Or so the saying…
Faith in the Modern Age: New and Notable Books
Lots of new books are documenting the difficulties of faith at the present time, as well as…
Goldilocks Protestantism
Imagine a world without Protestantism. I don’t mean a world without Christians who are neither Catholic nor…
The Erosion of Sin
Readers of the April issue of First Things will have seen James F. Keating’s learned and perceptive…
Hope Without God?
Hopeful Pessimism by mara van der lugt princeton university press, 280 pages, $24.95 Is it possible to be…
The Singularity Has Already Happened
Recent feats in so-called artificial intelligence have not only ignited Terminator-inspired apocalyptic fears but have also revived…
The Return of Strong Religion
The wind has shifted. People want hard religion, not easy religion. They seek out communities that are…
