First Things RSS Feed - John Rose https://www.firstthings.com/author/john-rose en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:30 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/john-rose 60 Equality Across Borders https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/11/equality-across-borders https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/11/equality-across-borders Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Rediscovering America: Liberty, Equality, and the Crisis of Democracy
by john agresto
 asahina & wallace, 236 pages, $16.00

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]]> Land of the Setting Sun https://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/06/004-land-of-the-setting-sun https://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/06/004-land-of-the-setting-sun Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation
by Michael Zielenziger
Doubleday, 340 pages, $24.95

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]]> Einstein and Faith https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/04/einstein-and-faith https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/04/einstein-and-faith Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Walter Isaacson’s biography Einstein: His Life and Universe hit bookstands yesterday and promises to be a bestseller. Time magazine has made an excerpt available online called "Einstein & Faith" that is very much worth reading.

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]]> The Feeling Intellect https://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/03/the-feeling-intellect https://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/03/the-feeling-intellect Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher ,
by William Taussig Scott and Martin X. Moleski, S.J.,
Oxford University Press, 384 pages, $45

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]]> Rose: Free Will and the NY Times https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/01/rose-free-will-and-the-ny-time https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/01/rose-free-will-and-the-ny-time Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 After printing an evenhanded op-ed on neurology and the paranormal (registration required), the New York Times carries a curious story about science and free will . "Free will does exist, but it’s a perception, not a power or a driving force," says neurological researcher Mark Hallett. "People experience free will. They have the sense they are free."

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]]> Rose: Junior Fellowships Available https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/01/rose-junior-fellowships-availa https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/01/rose-junior-fellowships-availa Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 A junior fellowship at First Things is an intellectually gratifying experience for a young writer or scholar interested in religion and culture. Take my word for it: I’ve worked at First Things for two years, first as a junior fellow and now as an assistant editor. In addition to finding themselves right in the middle of the production of the journal, junior fellows will make career-assisting friendships and live in New York City. Click here for more information on applying for a junior fellowship. But don’t procrastinate: We plan to notify applicants soon.

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]]> Rose: Jenkins, Regensburg, and Balthasar https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2006/10/rose-jenkins-regensburg-and-ba https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2006/10/rose-jenkins-regensburg-and-ba Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 It was standing-room-only on Monday night when Philip Jenkins delivered the annual Erasmus Lecture at the Union League Club here in Manhattan. Jenkins discussed the current explosion of third-world Christianities and what it means for the future of the religion¯a fascinating topic.

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]]> Rose: Abortion and Public Reason https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2006/10/rose-abortion-and-public-reaso https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2006/10/rose-abortion-and-public-reaso Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 Tucked away in the back of last week’s New York Review of Books , Michael Sandel and Thomas Nagel partook in an exchange on liberalism and abortion rights , itself in response to Nagel’s review (subscription necessary) of Sandel’s latest book.

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]]> Rose: Wilson, Dawkins & Co. https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2006/10/rose-wilson-dawkins-co https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2006/10/rose-wilson-dawkins-co Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 Christians look at creation and see the handiwork of the Lord. Nonreligious environmentalists marvel at what natural selection has produced. Despite their differences, the two can agree we have a moral responsibility to care for our earth. Such is the truce E.O. Wilson calls for in his new book, The Creation: An Appeal to Save the Earth . “Does this difference in worldview separate us in all things? It does not,” says Wilson. “Let us see, then, if we can, and you are willing, to meet on the near side of metaphysics in order to deal with the real world we share.”

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]]> Rose: String Theory and All That https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2006/10/rose-string-theory-and-all-tha https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2006/10/rose-string-theory-and-all-tha Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 Depending on whom you ask, it’s either the holy grail of physics¯the prophesied Theory of Everything¯or a Theory of Nothing, a monumental waste of time and money. What it can’t be is half right.

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