Protestantism

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Nones No More

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Matthew Nelson joins the podcast to…

The Myth of the Modern Self

Carl R. Trueman

The sheer rage that has greeted the Dobbs decision demands reflection. The rhetoric regarding victims of incest…

The Blessed Darkness of St. John of the Cross

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Fr. Donald Haggerty joins the podcast to…

A Fruitful Fellowship

Justin Lee

The First Things 2022 Spring Campaign seeks to raise $600,000 by June 30. To make your contribution, visit www.evo.firstthings.com/donate. A…

Demythologizing Conclaves

George Weigel

Pope Francis’s recent announcement that he will create twenty-one new cardinals on August 27, sixteen of whom…

Hope Among the Ruins

Liel Leibovitz

These days, it seems, my friends fall into two groups: The Red Hots and the Blue Birds.…

Algis Valiunas on Leopardi

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Algis Valiunas to talk about his article from the April…

The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism

Aaron M. Renn

American evangelicalism is deeply divided. Some evangelicals have embraced the secular turn toward social justice activism, particularly…

Brian C. Anderson on Ivan Illich

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Brian C. Anderson, editor of City Journal, to talk about his…

Return of the Cyborgs

Mary Harrington

Full Surrogacy Now:Feminism Against Familyby sophie lewisverso, 224 pages, $26.95 In our dyspeptic online discourse, it’s relatively…

Incarnation Transcends Myth

E. J. Hutchinson

It is the myth that gives life.” So says C. S. Lewis. In “Myth Became Fact,” he…

On John Paul II’s 75th Anniversary

George Weigel

By any worldly measure, 1946 was an annus horribilis in Poland. With the exceptions of Cracow and…

Harry Jaffa’s American Ideal

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Glenn Ellmers joins the podcast…

The Illusion of Porn “Literacy”

Samuel D. James

Contemporary progressivism faces a pressing dilemma. It must continue the sexual revolution’s legacy of free love and…

On Creativity and Serving God

Shalom Carmy

This article first appeared in the June/July 2021 print edition of First Things. When it comes to…