Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Notre-Dame de Paris, by Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855)
Notre Dame is quite old: one will see it perhapsStill bury that Paris it saw at its…
Julian of Norwich in Seclusion
Because an anchoress could have a cat,We may assume she had one. That it satBeside her while…
Some Changed Same
In whitest skeletons the shadows of daydusk dim and, mantle-like, settle and layupon bristling grass and sleeping…
Thirty Years at First Things
This is our 300th number, marking thirty years of publication. In early 1989, Richard John Neuhaus had…
Fierce Loyalties
Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the Churchby james chappel harvard, 352 pages,…
Soul Proprietor
Are We Bodies or Souls?by richard swinburne oxford, 208 pages, $19.95 In the history of Western thought,…
Inherited Merit
The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Eliteby…
Civil War Catholics
The Civil War Diary of Rev. James Sheeran, C.Ss.R.: Confederate Chaplain and Redemptoristedited by patrick j. hayes…
Private Faces in Public Places
If the stature of a poet is measured by how well his words stick in the reader’s…
Briefly Noted
Balm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinsonedited by timothy larsen and keith l. johnson ivp…
Goodbye to the European Union
Even when I was excited about the European Union, I was bored by it. It came into…
Scrolls of Hate and Hope
My mother and grandparents survived the Holocaust. When I was growing up, I resented how often they…
Mourning Kobe
I’m too old to have been one of those kids who shouted “Kobe!” whenever they took a…
On Behalf of Ireland’s Unborn
One of the many odd tropes of the current Irish general election campaign—perhaps the most disturbing—is the…
The Law of Liberty
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Peter Leithart…
