Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Don’t Throw Us into That Briar Patch
Within the camp of conservatives, the most cautious opponents of Roe v. Wade have stopped well short…
Richard Rorty, R.I.P.
Richard Rorty has died , passing away on Friday, June 8. A uniquely American mix of philosopher,…
Standing Up for Scooter Libby
Scooter Libby was sentenced on Tuesday to thirty months in jail and a $250,000 fine. And I…
Update on Stem-Cell Research
It made the front page of the New York Times , but don’t let that dissuade you¯reports…
Christian Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Christian Anti-Capitalism!
I keep reading through Rabbi Michael Lerner’s Tikkun, Jim Wallis’ Sojourners, and the parallel writings of the…
Brownback’s Faith and Reason
At the recent debate among Republican presidential candidates, Chris Matthews asked the candidates to raise their hands…
An Obituary for the Culture Wars
I returned last Tuesday from a week in Rome, which is always an instructive, and frequently an…
Canon 1398: A Clarification
I wrote in this space yesterday about the controversy surrounding the remarks of Pope Benedict XVI concerning…
America and Its Dead
You can see them at many grave sites where the War of Independence was fought, and the…
A Day in Chelsea
Francis Bacon once wrote, “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to find talk and discourse; but…
When the Saint Goes Swearing In
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is a cultural and religious enigma. An indigenous…
Pledge Week
It’s pledge week here at PBS. Er, I mean, First Things . I wish I did mean…
Religious Tolerance and the Common Good
This talk was delivered at the Path to Peace Foundation seminar “Catholic Students and the Common Good:…
The June/July Issue of First Things Is Here!
Well, well, well. The June/July issue of First Things has arrived, and in the annals of human…
The Friday Potpourri
Rudy Giuliani and abortion? No big deal. As he told the folks in Iowa, we have to…
