Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Jerry Falwell, R.I.P.
What shall we do for a bogeyman, now that our grand old monster is dead? Jerry Falwell…
The Pope and the Pop Star
On Saturday, September 27, 1997, during the Twenty-third Eucharistic Congress and as part of pope John Paul…
The Imperial Catholics
More and more often on Catholic campuses, left-wing Catholics are hiding their own ideological preferences behind the…
Men for Some Seasons
In early April, Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, announced his intention to bring immigration legislation to…
Debates, Conferences, Controversy!
For the past few weeks, Michael Novak¯a member of the First Things editorial board and a frequent…
Moses and Multiculturalism
Moses made a mistake. He could have been a broadminded model for our liberal culture, but he…
Ultrasound and Human Sacrifice, Cormac McCarthy, Mugabe and the Bishops
Aside from his inability, or unwillingness, to recognize that the denial of legal protection to human beings…
Saving India’s Girls
India is all the rage these days. From high fashion to high tech to the movies made…
Robert Drinan, Infanticide, and the “Unthinkable”
On February 1, I joined perhaps a thousand other mourners in St. Aloysius Church in Washington for…
Philip Rieff’s Charisma
I don’t think many would dispute that Philip Rieff was one of the most perceptive and creative…
Religion and the Common Good
Sooner or later, every teacher hears the same old joke about the philosophy student and his dad.…
The Supreme Court and Reasonable Hope
I’m not convinced that this week’s Supreme Court decision on partial-birth abortion is as good as Justice…
Fallout
We will, I imagine, be talking about the Supreme Court’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart for a…
Put on Your Body Armor
Concerning yesterday’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart , a few preliminary observations based on a very quick…
Don’t Read the May Issue. No, Really … Don’t.
Another month, another issue of First Things . Just a typical production of the magazine¯this and that,…
