First Things RSS Feed - Paul V. Mankowski https://www.firstthings.com/author/paul-v-mankowski en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:54:44 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/paul-v-mankowski 60 Playing Church https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/09/playing-church https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/09/playing-church Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:00:00 -0400 An Associated Press feel-good story surfaced recently concerning the festive send-off and theatrical suicide of a 75-year-old Seattle man named Robert Fuller, who claimed to have terminal cancer. “Claimed” is necessary here, because hard facts pertinent to the story's background aren't easy to come by. 

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]]> Word for Word https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/08/word-for-word https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/08/word-for-word Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400 The Hebrew Bible:
A Translation with Commentary
 by robert alter
 norton, 3500 pages, $125

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]]> Thou Art a Priest Forever https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/05/thou-art-a-priest-forever https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/05/thou-art-a-priest-forever Mon, 20 May 2019 10:35:00 -0400 Abolish the Priesthood ,” reads the provocative title of the latest Atlantic cover story, penned by James Carroll. Is it the Brahmin priesthood that has to go? The Shinto kannushi ? Ordained Anglican women? (Spoiler alert: No, no, and no.) It is the Roman Catholic Church that must do the right thing and drop her connection with the whole priest business. 

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]]> Comfort to Predators https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/05/comfort-to-predators https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/05/comfort-to-predators Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400 In the Closet of the Vatican:
Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy
 by frédéric martel
translated by shaun whiteside
 bloomsbury, 576 pages, $30

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]]> His Excellency https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/04/his-excellency https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/04/his-excellency Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400 American Priest:
The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame’s Father Ted Hesburgh
 by wilson d. miscamble, c.s.c. 
 image, 464 pages, $28

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]]> Historical-Critical Qur’an https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/11/historical-critical-quran https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/11/historical-critical-quran Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0400 The Qurʾān and the Bible: 
Text and Commentary
by gabriel said reynolds
 yale, 1032 pages, $40

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]]> Dem Bones https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/06/dem-bones https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/06/dem-bones Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0400 Ossa Latinitatis Sola ad Mentem Reginaldi Rationemque:
The Mere Bones of Latin According to the Thought & System of Reginald
by reginaldus thomas foster 
and daniel patricius mccarthy
catholic university of america, 831 pages, $39.95

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]]> The Gospel According to David Bentley https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/11/the-gospel-according-to-david-bentley https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/11/the-gospel-according-to-david-bentley Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0400 The New Testament: A Translation
 by david bentley hart
 yale, 616 pages, $35

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]]> Waugh on the Merits https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/10/waugh-on-the-merits https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/10/waugh-on-the-merits Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0400 Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited
 by philip eade
 henry holt, 432 pages, $32

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]]> Pontifex Minimus https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/08/pontifex-minimus https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/08/pontifex-minimus Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0400 Building a Bridge:
How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity
 by james martin, s.j.
harperone, 150 pages, $19.99

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