Religion

Tending the Borderlands

Existence is ambiguous not because we have failed to define its proper parameters, but because it isn’t ours to grasp in the first place. Continue Reading »

18 Jun 2021

Fulton and the Future of Religious Liberty

by Gerard V. Bradley

It is not that believers won the battle but lost the war in Fulton. It is rather that—according to Alito (joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch)—victory in the war was at hand, and yet forsaken. Continue Reading »

18 Jun 2021

Christians, Beware the Blame Game

by Carl R. Trueman

Christians often fail to witness to the gospel, but we must never blame “the church,” for the church is our very source of hope. Continue Reading »

17 Jun 2021

Ideas that Destroy Us

by Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Professor Peter Kreeft joins the podcast to discuss How to Destroy Western Civilization and Other Ideas from the Cultural Abyss. The conversation is embedded below. For your long-term . . . . Continue Reading »

17 Jun 2021

A Time of Reconsolidation

by R. R. Reno

Ensure that First Things remains a strong voice—a voice against the perversions of our time, yes, but more importantly, a voice that can lead us to a better future. Continue Reading »

17 Jun 2021

Academic “Settler Culture”

by Paul Siewers

Academics condemn “settler culture” to serve their own ideological ends without realizing that they themselves are the latest “settlers” seeking to displace the native culture. Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2021