First Things RSS Feed - Joseph E. Davis https://www.firstthings.com/author/joseph-e-davis en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:55:05 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/joseph-e-davis 60 They Did It for the Kids https://www.firstthings.com/article/2021/11/they-did-it-for-the-kids https://www.firstthings.com/article/2021/11/they-did-it-for-the-kids Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Operation Varsity Blues,” the 2019 college admissions scandal, returned to the news earlier this year when a Netflix documentary provided a fresh opportunity to decry abuses of privilege and the selfishness of parents seeking to boast of their children’s achievements. Comforting accounts, to be sure: We are not like those celebrity cheaters! But not very illuminating. When we consider how parenthood has changed in recent years, we may find we are not so different after all.

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]]> Accepting Limits https://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/12/accepting-limits https://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/12/accepting-limits Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 The Prophet of Cuernavaca: Ivan Illich and the Crisis of the West
by todd hartch
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]]> Evangelical Growth and Politics in Latin America https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/05/evangelical-growth-and-politics-in-latin-america https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/05/evangelical-growth-and-politics-in-latin-america Wed, 01 May 1991 00:00:00 -0400 Is Latin America Turning Protestant? The Politics of Evangelical Growth by David Stoll
University of California Press, 424 pages, $24.95

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