Joe Carter

Note: This is the first in an occasional series of data presentations about family and religious practice and analysis of their role in maintaining civil society. . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to everyone who submitted a nomination for the 2011 Tournament of Novels. Over two hundred books were nominated so we need another round to weed them down to our top sixty-four contenders. Below is the list of novels that are under consideration. Only one book per author can make the final . . . . Continue Reading »

If people want to read news articles rather than crime novels or watch CNN rather than The Bachelor , who am I to criticize their choices? Despite my recent claim that news makes us dumb (which I still believe), I really don’t think consuming news is harmful if it is treated for what it . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Facebook blamed for 1 in 5 divorces in the US Facebook is cited in 1 out of every 5 divorces in the United States, according to the Loyola University Health System. Furthermore, 81 percent of the country’s top divorce attorneys say they have seen an increase in the number of cases using . . . . Continue Reading »

First Things is opening up our website’s archives in order to ensure full access to our subscribers during a period of transition to what we believe will be a more reliable system. For the next month, all readers will be able to access every issue of the print edition without needing to log . . . . Continue Reading »

Catholic writer Russell Shaw says American Catholics ought to recreate the Catholic ghetto : One of the worst mistakes American Catholicism ever made was the scrapping in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s of the subculture that had served it well up to that time. That was the era of the great flight from . . . . Continue Reading »

A number of influential evangelical leaders have issued a statement on the budget fights in the federal government. The group includes a few men that I greatly respect—including Gideon Strauss, Ron Sider, and Richard Mouw—and I appreciate their willingness to address this concern from a . . . . Continue Reading »

From the birth of Christianity until circa 1980, no one in their right mind disputed the fact that the Bible condemns homosexual behavior. But then a handful of scholars and journalists realized that Biblical literacy had declined to the point where they could write a book or article about . . . . Continue Reading »

Anthony Bradley asks if some evangelicals are ” too missional for abortion “: The number one social justice issue for African-Americans in New York City is abortion. Period. The city’s abortion rate is twice the nation average, with 41 percent of all pregnancies ending in abortion. . . . . Continue Reading »

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