Somebody Needs To Be Dad
by Francis X. MaierThe extraordinary fact of Catholic life in the United States is not the few bishops who humiliate us so bitterly, but the many who do the job so well. Continue Reading »
Answering the Psalmist
by Charles J. ChaputThe content of our bioethics will shape the course of our human future. That’s what makes What it Means to be Human so valuable. Continue Reading »
Uncertainty and the Christian
by Ephraim RadnerThe uncertainties of the present are the building blocks of hope, not its detritus. Continue Reading »
State of the Nation
by John WilsonMaybe the ranting voices we hear are not so representative as we’re led to believe. Continue Reading »
The Future of First Things
by R. R. RenoAmerica is at its best when our political secularism finds inspiration and grounding in a culture deeply informed by religious belief. Continue Reading »
The Age of Concentration
by Eugene VodolazkinMany regard Russia as backward, lagging behind the West. This is not so. Our shared civilization is changing, and because of our raw experience of the twentieth century, my country is in some respects ahead of the West. I have described the coming epoch as a new medievalism (“The New Middle . . . . Continue Reading »
Learned Ignorance
by Peter J. LeithartOn Wednesday evening, a capacity crowd assembled at the Calvary Chapel on the campus of Biola University for a roundtable discussion on the future of the Church. The event was co-sponsored by Biola’s Torrey Honors Institute, First Things, and the Theopolis Institute.The four speakers represented . . . . Continue Reading »
Catacomb Time?
by George WeigelAt Christmas 1969, Professor Joseph Ratzinger gave a radio talk with the provocative title, “What Will the Future Church Look Like?” (You can find it in Faith and the Future, published by Ignatius Press). One of the concluding paragraphs was destined to become perhaps the most quoted . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s Rock Songbook #67: How to Think about Disco
by Carl ScottHave any of you seen the Eric Rohmer film 4 Aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle? It’s sort of a retelling of the “Country Mouse, City Mouse” story. Two young women, one from the country, one from the city, are thrown together and become friends. They represent a certain sophistication . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s Rock Songbook #50: When the Future’s Over, Turn out the Lights
by Carl ScottDoes anyone not know the story of Icarus? . . . let us imagine that young Icarus manages to actually live through this ordeal: he falls back into the labyrinth . . . bruised but still alive. . . . He has to go back to normal life after having thought himself capable of attaining the sun . . . Today . . . . Continue Reading »
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