Carl R. Trueman

Outrage over Boris Johnson's recent article takes us to the heart of several problems now afflicting liberal democracies. Continue Reading »

Postcolonial theory, for all its jargon, is built upon simplistic binaries. Continue Reading »

Christian liturgy—and God himself—have become victims of the abolition of the pre-political. Continue Reading »

First Things seeks to find and promote arguments that are both true in themselves and plausible to the wider world. Continue Reading »

The Making of Martin Luther by richard rex princeton, 296 pages, $27.95 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation by peter marshall oxford, 278 pages, $24.95 A World Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation by craig harline  oxford, 312 pages, . . . . Continue Reading »

Roman Catholics should worry less about Pope Francis's resemblance to Luther and more about his resemblance to Erasmus.  Continue Reading »

Sexual love cannot be reduced to the simplistic categories of power, exploitation, and individual desire. Continue Reading »

This year's Oscars will again display that identification of aesthetics with ethics which is now the default position of Western society.
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Last Sunday, a New Jersey Lutheran church celebrated the transition of its pastor from womanhood to manhood.  Continue Reading »

Christian colleges should wean themselves off of government money as soon as possible. Continue Reading »