The Eschatological Hope of Bearing Children
by Ian CavenyTo bear a baby is to participate in the mysteries of God. Continue Reading »
War Against Fathers
by John WatersThe New Politics of Sex: The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Growth of Governmental Powerby stephen baskervilleangelico, 408 pages, $30 Divorce cases in the U.S. now account for 35 to 50 percent of civil litigation, at a cost to the public purse of billions of dollars per year. Out of . . . . Continue Reading »
Losing my Child at Easter
by Leah Libresco SargeantA grieving mother finds Christ in the comfort of fellow women also bearing wounds. Continue Reading »
No, Junior, the Catholic Church is not the Same as ISIS
by Br. Michael BaggotA seventh-grader recently asked me how to respond to his peer’s obstinate claim that he and the rest of his Catholic co-religionists are just as bad as ISIS. Continue Reading »
Richard Swinburne on Sex, Family, and Life
by The EditorsA controversy has erupted in the past week over a keynote delivered by Richard Swinburne at the most recent Midwest meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers. We at First Things were curious about the paper that prompted all the to-do, and so we asked Professor Swinburne to let us make his paper available. He has generously agreed. Continue Reading »
Why Man and Woman Are Not Equal
by Glenn T. StantonMan and woman are not equal. He owes what he is to her. That is hardly her only power, but it is among her most formidable. Continue Reading »
The Moral Heart of Hamilton
by Alexi SargeantHamilton tells of America’s pursuit of greatness and reminds us how much we need goodness. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical locates politics downstream of marriage and family. Continue Reading »
Can Only Theologians Get Married?
by Matthew SchmitzIf the sincere exchange of vows doesn’t make their marriage valid, what does? Must all sacramentally valid marriages resemble my friends', beginning only after a few years of theological study, during a Mass set to music by Mozart? Continue Reading »
The Merciful Grace of the Truth
by George WeigelAt the Easter Vigil a few weeks ago, tens of thousands of men and women, mature adults, were baptized or entered into full communion with the Catholic Church. Each of them walked a unique itinerary of conversion; each of these “newborn babes” (1 Peter 2.2) is a singular work of the Holy Spirit. . . . . Continue Reading »
The True Goods of Marriage: Not What We Expect
by Bianca CzadernaEveryone’s talking about marriage these days. Even those who don’t believe in it are talking about it all the time. The definition of marriage, the future of marriage, gay marriage, divorce and remarriage, when to get married, how to be married, how to stay married. It’s simultaneously being . . . . Continue Reading »
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