Sexual Revolution

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The Killer Instinct

Sally Thomas

A friend of mine, in her college days, had a bumper sticker that offered this peaceful counsel:…

The Day for the Religious

Joseph Bottum

So the rabbis came. Or, at least, a thousand of them went to their telephones to listen…

The Complementarity of Man and Woman

Michael Novak

The brilliant lay philosopher of Judaism, Dennis Prager, has written lucidly about the utter distinctiveness of Judaism…

Three Movie Reviews

Anthony Sacramone

Apocalypto When Apocalypto was announced¯a film set in the waning days of the Mayan Empire, with a…

The Tattoo Fashion

R. R. Reno

As the hot days of summer draw to a close, I find myself possessed of a full…

The Vindication of Humanae Vitae

Mary Eberstadt

That Humanae Vitae and related Catholic teachings about sexual morality are laughingstocks in all the best places…

We Are the State

Richard John Neuhaus

The news this next year will be dominated by the presidential race. That is near to inevitable.…

Sola Gratia and Mary’s Immaculate Conception

Edward T. Oakes

The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together is now in its thirteenth year following its initial…

Franz Jägerstätter: Martyr and Model

William Doino Jr.

Tomorrow, on October 26, the Catholic hero Franz Jägerstätter will be beatified in Linz, Austria. Executed in…

Antonin Scalia: Not a Catholic (Judge)

Robert T. Miller

On October 16, Antonin Scalia gave the keynote address at Villanova Law School’s second annual Scarpa Conference…

The November Issue of First Things Has Arrived

Joseph Bottum

“Expansive and yet vacuous is the prose of Kahlil Gibran,” writes Alan Jacobs in the new issue…

First Things Issues (So to Speak)

Amanda Shaw

A longtime subscriber has more than a decade of past issues of First Things ¯but lacks the…

God and Imaginary Numbers

Amanda Shaw

Impossible, irrational, delusionary, absurd, untrustworthy, fictitious, imaginary: You can’t read much about religion today without encountering these…

Why Do the Heathen Rage?

Anthony Sacramone

An extended dialogue between biologist Richard Dawkins and Christian apologist Alister McGrath¯originally shot for Dawkins’ BBC documentary…

Land of Lincoln: A Review

Brian Murray

In the elementary schools of the American Midwest, Abraham Lincoln has always enjoyed a good press. Schoolchildren…