First Things RSS Feed - John Peter Kenney https://www.firstthings.com/author/john-peter-kenney en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:55:23 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/john-peter-kenney 60 Saint Augustine https://www.firstthings.com/article/2000/01/saint-augustine https://www.firstthings.com/article/2000/01/saint-augustine Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0500

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]]> The Secularized Christian Academy https://www.firstthings.com/article/1998/10/002-the-secularized-christian-academy https://www.firstthings.com/article/1998/10/002-the-secularized-christian-academy Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00:00 -0400 The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian Churches
By James Tunstead Burtchaell
Eerdmans. 888 pp. $45

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]]> After Scholasticism https://www.firstthings.com/article/1996/11/006-after-scholasticism https://www.firstthings.com/article/1996/11/006-after-scholasticism Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0500 Contending with Modernity:
Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century
By Philip Gleason
Oxford University Press, 434 pages, $35

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]]> The Suicide State https://www.firstthings.com/article/1995/04/the-suicide-state https://www.firstthings.com/article/1995/04/the-suicide-state Sat, 01 Apr 1995 00:00:00 -0500 Election day in Oregon brought the unprecedented acceptance of physician-assisted suicide by voters. This event may represent only an anomalous electoral outcome, the result of the special social character and ethical climate of a single state in the American West. But it might also define a critical moment in our culture, a turning point in the nation’s understanding of medicine, personal autonomy, and death. My purpose here is not to address the issue substantively, but to reflect on why the interdenominational campaign against physician-assisted suicide failed in Oregon and to consider the future.

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