Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Shame Storm
After a lifetime of impeccably correct opinions, Ian Buruma found himself on the wrong side of the…
Bishops Unbound
In Before Church and State, Andrew Willard Jones describes a time when Christendom’s lay rulers were leaders…
Grace
. . . for he will come like a rushing streamwhich the wind of the Lord drives.—Isa.…
The Winter of Love
No one who welcomed the sixties as a liberation can understand what it has been like to…
Progress and Punishment
Modern spokesmen for traditional Judaism have consistently expressed reservations about capital punishment. While the biblical texts seem…
Russian Jeremiah
Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974–1978 by aleksandr solzhenitsyn notre dame, 480 pages, $35…
Spark’s Chance Grace
Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Sparkby alan taylorpolygon, 244 pages, $18.95 Muriel Spark Centenary Editionsby…
Undoing the Demos
Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalismby quinn slobodianharvard, 400 pages, $35 On April…
Wasted Time
You’d think that after New Year’s boozy kisses,Back-slapping, and effusions in confetti,The last hors-d’oeuvres and passes at…
Melchior’s Wife
In truth, I was not born to royalty;My power came from pleasure and my smile.I used my…
Our Most Popular Articles of 2018
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at First Things! On this final day…
The Pope and the Lord’s Prayer
On November 15 the Italian Bishops’ Conference announced that it plans to change the wording of the…
Committed to Truth
Last winter I attended a variety show based on The Brothers Karamazov. Between sketches from the novel,…
Soho Pilgrimage: A Christmas Meditation
Advent and Christmastide are full of journeys and pilgrimages: Mary goes to Judea to visit Elizabeth. Mary…
A Swedish Christmas
Swedish Yule (Jul) traditions are not what you think they are. Perhaps you picture silent midwinter darkness,…
