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Episode 3 of the First Things Podcast. Also featuring: the strange religions of the vice-presidential nominees; and a session of “Ask a Theologian,” featuring Francesca Aran Murphy. Continue Reading »

Plus: Pokémon Go and American Insecurity. First Things Podcast, Episode 2. Continue Reading »

Episode 1 takes you inside our August-September issue, and sorts through news and punditry. Trump's faith, “bigot-baiting” in Bakersfield, and the dehumanizing policies of Amnesty International are all on the agenda. Continue Reading »

Glenn T. Stanton on what we can learn about marriage from same-sex couples : Liza Mundy highlights some of the most important research on same-sex marriage, presenting much of its critical findings. What’s curious is how she spins the evidence she presents. A more honest reading would give us . . . . Continue Reading »

Ludovine de la Rochère speaks to French protesters against same-sex marriage : We are neither a political movement, nor a faith-based movement, nor a coalition of hateful homophobes. Our adversaries have tried everything to paint us in such a way. But they have failed, because one cannot deny . . . . Continue Reading »

Brandon Watson explains Jeremy Bentham’s defense of infanticide : Bentham holds that homicide is forbidden in law primarily because of its mischievous effects, which he sorts into the two categories of  danger  and  alarm . In other words, we forbid homicide in order to deter . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter J. Leithart on Babel, Pentecost, and the Church : Though opposed to Babel, Pentecost simultaneously realizes Babel’s frustrated aspirations. Babel is an effort to arrest the scattering of humanity; Pentecost gathers. Babel aims to preserve the unity of human language and faith; Pentecost . . . . Continue Reading »

Russell E. Saltzman on surviving graduation ceremonies : The exercise combines elements of a rite of passage with characteristics of an endurance contest, pitting attendees against overheated (or overcooled) auditoriums, crowded lobbies, middle-aged men who don’t use Flomax, and small doorways . . . . Continue Reading »

Elizabeth Scalia doubts that women should become more like men: The sexual revolution promise that women could “have it all” has always been oddly paradoxical: It encouraged women to find their best selves by aping men and conforming to traditionally male valuations of worth and . . . . Continue Reading »