Archive
More than thirty-five years of First Things articles at your fingertips
Articles
The Apologetics of Transcendence
When the anonymous Christian in Nicholas of Cusa’s dialogue “On the Hidden God” is asked by his pagan interlocutor to explain the difference between Christians and pagans, he answers...
Against Faith in Faith
It has become a strange and unfortunate commonplace that one must have faith in faithโfaith, that is, in the ability to commit oneself to truths that transcend rational justificationโnot...