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Spiritual Warfare in Washington, DC

The New York Times today has an interesting article , which talks about a prayer service held late at night for the express purpose of spiritual warfare. The students, taxicab drivers, homemakers and entrepreneurs, all Christians, mostly from French-speaking Africa, attend a midnight service four . . . . Continue Reading »

Re: Anonymous No More

Of course, Ryan, I’m always happy to help . I’m no Rahner scholar, but it seems implausible to me that a fellow can get famous for saying nothing more about the possibility of salvation outside the visible Church than had been said by Pius XII, Karl Adam, Pius IX, Thomas Aquinas, or . . . . Continue Reading »

Why Talk About the Princeton Story?

We’ve been following, here on the First Things website , the case of the Princeton student who admitted on Monday that he had faked attacks on himself last Friday. I find it a fascinating, albeit sad, story, but a pair of our friends—both members of First Things ’ board and both, . . . . Continue Reading »

After the First Death, There Is No Other

Over at the Cato Institute’s website , Aubrey de Grey, Diana Schaub, Ronald Bailey, and Daniel Callahan are having an interesting discussion under the title “Do We Need Death? The Consequences of Radical Life Extension.” Diana—a professor of political science at Loyola . . . . Continue Reading »

Fools for Christ

Appreciative piece in the Los Angeles Times about a ragamuffin missions group and the risks its members take—even among their own. It’s too easy sometimes to poke fun at these so-called “edgy” nondenom movements, especially those that huddle under the umbrella of the emerging . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, Virginia, Is There a Santa Claus?

I’ve never understood all the fuss about Santa Claus. Not the believing part: We have no problems in that department, being a happily credulous lot at our house. Two of us, after all, are under the age of six, and the rest of us read fiction without stopping every other sentence to say to . . . . Continue Reading »

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