Exclusion or Saturation?
Miroslav Volf, ABC Religion & Ethics
Is Empathy Good Enough for Liberalism?
Molly Worthen, Democracy
Rock n’ Roll Inc.: America’s Power Source
Will Hoyt, Front Porch Republic
The Next Holy Era
Adam Kirsch, Tablet
The Emptiness of Data Journalism
Leon Wieseltier, New Republic
Contrary to the Harvard Crimson and Pat Deneen, I think academic freedom in the Socratic sense is still defensible in America. Continue Reading »
Art therapy, increasingly popular for treating patients recovering from trauma or facing other challenges, builds upon the idea that the capacity for beauty is built into the structure of human nature. Christians can add to this therapeutic insight the affirmation that part of the capacity for God . . . . Continue Reading »
In song, at least, the ’60s Culture Revolution began rather beautifully, with a call to smile upon your brother. Your brother was assumed to be all of mankind. We might call that the “external program” of the Counter-Culture, circa 1965-1968, posed as an alternative to the way . . . . Continue Reading »
Defending megachurches, a (brief) history of Christianity and politics, and more daily links of interest. Continue Reading »
Next Monday, March 24–the day before oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby andConestoga Wood Products cases–the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center will host an event, “Everybody’s Business: The Legal, Economic, and Political Implications of . . . . Continue Reading »
The voluntarism fantasy; whither the prosperity gospel? Continue Reading »
Attention all First Things readers in greater Pittsburgh: Loyal reader Bill Stickman would like to organize a ROFTERs (Readers of First Things) group to meet each month to discuss articles in the current issue. If you’re interested, please contact Bill by . . . . Continue Reading »
Ulf Ekman’s conversion to the Catholic Church sparked a healthy discussion over how to hold the reforming impulse of Protestantism alongside the new ecumenical impulse.The starting place for such a discussion is the recognition that the reforming impulse and the ecumenical impulse converge on . . . . Continue Reading »
This month, the conflict in Syria enters its fourth year. The latest news is that the government has recaptured the border town of Yabrud, an important opposition stronghold. In fact, Yabrud is where the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate in the opposition, had been holding hostage a group of Greek . . . . Continue Reading »
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