Life of Faith

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Oakes: The Body in St. Paul and Benedict XVI

Edward T. Oakes

Reports that the South African Parliament has approved gay marriage, and that the U.S. Catholic bishops have…

Bottum: Waiting and Waiting

Joseph Bottum

At least I caught up on my reading. The seventy-fifth-anniversary issue of Fortune was particularly interesting. I…

Arkes: The Commerce Clause Revisited

Hadley Arkes

In the forthcoming January issue of First Things , I have an analysis of the oral arguments…

Powers: Boomers, War, and Sacrifice

Elizabeth Powers

We were walking through Central Park in Manhattan, just south of the Naumburg Bandshell, when we came…

Anderson: What Went Right on Tuesday

Ryan T. Anderson

I’m no expert when it comes to analysis of political trends, party politics, or electoral strategy. But…

Douthat: Reply to Bottum

Ross Douthat

In his post on the midterm elections and their discontents, Jody Bottum argues that conservatives haven’t made…

Bottum: This Election Is Not What You Think

Joseph Bottum

Since September 11, 2001¯or at least since the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, and probably since…

Mathewes-Green: Thoughts on Haggard

Frederica Mathewes-Green

I was in Denver for about a hundred minutes this weekend. I hadn’t planned it, but when…

Hylden: An Evening at GTS

Jordan Hylden

Seeing as how I am a new Episcopalian and still learning about my church, I attended a…

RJN: Europe, the Founders, and the Archdiocese of New York

Richard John Neuhaus

Jewcentricity is a word that will probably not catch on, but Adam Garfinkle employs it to good…

Smith: Derbyshire and Darwin

Wesley J. Smith

John Derbyshire, the popular writer for National Review Online , recently published a “self-interview” disclosing how and…

Anderson: The Secret of Embyronic Stem Cells

Ryan T. Anderson

The truth about the technical challenges and scientific hurdles for embryonic stem-cell (ESC) therapies is finally getting…

RJN: Regensburg, TNR, etc.

Richard John Neuhaus

One of the encouraging developments following Pope Benedict’s lecture at Regensburg University on September 12 is the…

Bottum: On Robertson Davies

Joseph Bottum

Is it just my imagination or has Robertson Davies faded considerably over the past decade? I was…

Miller: Limbo and the Will of God

Robert T. Miller

The International Theological Commission is pondering the fate of children who die unbaptized, with a document expected…