Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Enduring Appeal of The Nutcracker
In 1926, Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the renowned ballet company Ballets Russes, hired Polish-born impresario and ballet…
The End of George Bailey’s Exploring
My childhood house is a little big for the neighborhood. It sits on the corner of two…
The Sacred Earthiness of Christmas
ROME. A massive, sixteen-volume Lives of the Saints, first published between 1872 and 1877, informs me that,…
The Constitution and Religious Schools
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Ashley Berner joins the podcast…
What Good Journalism Needs
I still remember where I was—my attic room in a shared student flat in Oxford—when I first…
Forming the Faithful in a Post-Christian Age
Why support First Things? Here’s a simple fact: Many American believers, including some of our best religious…
Linguistic Violence
Once upon a time it was assumed that words reflected reality. At least, it was assumed that…
Brian Moore at 100
Many younger friends of mine are engaged in courses of study, reading groups, and other collaborative undertakings…
The Vatican’s Unread Newspaper and the U.S. Bishops
When I began working with some regularity in Rome thirty years ago, my elders and betters taught…
Rejoice in the Lord Always
The Mass for the Third Sunday of Advent strikes a note of joy amidst this penitential time…
Warfare of Words
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Michael Knowles joins the podcast…
Nathan Pinkoski on Éric Zemmour
Nathan Pinkoski joins editor R. R. Reno to discuss French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour, the subject of Pinkoski’s…
Ratzinger After Vatican II
Benedict XVI: A Life, Volume 2:Professor and Prefect to Pope and Pope Emeritus: 1965—The Presentby peter seewaldignatius press,…
Happy Hanukkah
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and in our jingle-belling hearts and our hap-happiest TV…
Letters
Scorekeeping Julia Yost’s wide-ranging and masterly critique of The Body Keeps the Score (“By Our Wounds We…
