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Anselm Kiefer: A Monograph by dominique baqué thames & hudson, 300 pages, $70 In 2009 I visited the old Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, formerly one of the main train...

I’ve often dreamed of retiring to a cabin in the Rockies with several million dollars and a deep freeze full of Tombstone pizzas. I would spend my days enjoying...

Exodus by thomas joseph white, o.p. brazos, 336 pages, $32.99 In days past, to study Scripture was to study the tradition of its reception. The sacred text was read...

Last week, Pope Francis sent an official letter to the Argentine bishops, offering his emphatic approval of their proposed norms for the implementation of the eighth chapter of his...

In general, I find clothing to be more trouble than it’s worth. It requires a lot of maintenance. People judge you for it. It can hardly be said to...

Saint Paul Lives Here (In Minnesota)by zach czaiawipf and stock, 66 pages, $7.50 A fter years of controversy over the mishandling of sexual predators among the priests of his...

On Thursday, First Things will be hosting a musical performance and art talk, “Microtonality and the Fragmented Face.” Fragmentation, the breakdown of the unities and coherences that make the...

Every practicing Catholic in America is stuck between two worlds. On one hand, he inhabits a broadly secular culture, one indifferent to claims about the transcendent, in which the...

Last week at First Things we were very happy to host Michael Novak and Paul Adams as they discussed their new book on social justice. One of the themes...

First Things and Encounter Books are excited to be hosting an upcoming event with Michael Novak and Paul Adams, at which they will be discussing ideas from their new...

I was wandering through Facebook and noticed a quote by G.K. Chesterton at the top of someone’s profile. The quote was exceptionally stupid. And I thought to myself, So...