Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Demons of the Machine
This article contains spoilers for the film Hereditary. In his preface to Hostage to the Devil, Malachi Martin…
Thanks From the Future
You’re the best! First Things readers are intellectually engaged, morally and religiously committed, and very generous. We…
A Better Christian Nationalism
A schism seems to be emerging among Evangelicals, one that may be fateful for the future role…
Acts and Us
The Church’s custom of reading virtually all of the Acts of the Apostles at daily Mass during…
Missing the Sacred Heart
The most obvious things can elude us because they’re just too close. We’re like the fish in the…
Homelands and Social Doctrines
With hundreds of bishops coming to the Vatican for a synod in October 2001, I decided to…
Paul Schrader’s Acts of Repentance
Religious films rarely receive critical acclaim these days, but a recent exception is Paul Schrader’s First Reformed—a…
State Irreligion
In the May 1892 issue of Le Banquet, a young Marcel Proust wrote a spirited condemnation, excerpted…
Punching Above Our Weight
In my two years working at First Things, it has come to my attention that many readers…
“Grace” in Ebbing, Missouri
Local adman Red Welby (Caleb Landry Jones) is reading when Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) storms into his…
Poland and the Future of Europe
As a child growing up in the Polish diaspora, I often visited the land of my forefathers…
Our Mission Against Despair
The work of dying well,” wrote Richard John Neuhaus , “is, in largest part, the work of…
After the Irish Debacle
I wasn’t surprised by the result of Ireland’s May 25 referendum, which opened a path to legal…
The Man Who Stole the World
When it comes to the great questions of existence, the real divide may be not between Christians…
Freedom and First Things
What is the mission of First Things? We have a stock answer: To advance a religiously informed…
