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COVID and Religious Life

A conversation featuring R. R. Reno,  Rabbi Mark Gottlieb, and Carl R. Trueman.

First Things Reading Group

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First Things is launching a reading group to discuss classical readings that focus on the proper relationship between church and state. The readings include leading American statements about church and state, arguments from the ancient world, biblical material, and theological analysis from the Catholic and Protestant traditions. We will see how the understanding of the relationship varies with different understandings of the divine and of the purpose of the political community, as well as changing historical conditions.

2019 Erasmus Lecture

Now in its 32nd year, the Erasmus Lecture brings world-renowned speakers to New York—including Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Gilbert Meilaender, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks—to address an audience of over five hundred people each year. The lecture also appears in the pages of First Things and on FirstThings.com.

The Virtuous Life

First Things and Northeast Catholic College are pleased to invite our readers to New York City for a memorable weekend of seminars and lectures on the relationship between individuals and the common good. 

The Common Good

First Things and the Christendom College are pleased to invite our readers to Washington, D.C., for a memorable weekend of seminars and lectures on the relationship between individuals and the common good.