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When people approach the Church with questions, they deserve to hear the truth spoken in love. A chatbot cannot be reliably trained to speak the truth. | @LeahLibresco firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
While drums pounded and cymbals Drove men mad and bronze siege cannon Pulverized walls . . . [he c]ommanded for music to be played in his tent, Had Herodotus read to him in Greek by candlelight, The poems of Rumī and Hafez recited in Persian. firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
From the archives: Ironically, the Supreme Court’s interpretations of the establishment clause have probably contributed more to religious divisiveness in America than the practices that were the subjects of the Court’s cases. firstthings.com/article/1997/0…
In this podcast, Mark Ramseyer talks about how writing one article on a historically niche topic caused an international sensation. firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
I wonder if disappearance can be more than sorrow or sorrow’s purgative tool. Disappearing things, disappearing people, the very reality of something that was but no longer is: Perhaps this can act as something positive, a very encounter with God. firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
Because permissive attitudes about abortion are fostered by immersion in social media, prohibiting social media use for minors, like Florida is currently doing, would help to ground the young in physical reality and cultivate empathy. firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
Butlerian Jihad now! Thou shalt not make a catechist in the likeness of a human mind. Me @firstthingsmag: firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
To imagine that a chatbot can be a catechist at all indicates a profound misunderstanding of how evangelization works. | @LeahLibresco firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
Most Americans, particularly women of childbearing age, do not go to church and lack the moral framework necessary to recognize the dignity and value of all human life. firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
In this new podcast, Mark Ramseyer joins to discuss his co-written new book, “The Comfort Women Hoax: A Fake Memoir, North Korean Spies, and Hit Squads in the Academic Swamp.” firstthings.com/media/the-stor…
Did you know D. H. Lawrence was friends with Aldous Huxley? Neither did James Paul Rogers. Learn more in this month’s Briefly Noted section. firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
From the archives: The life of Christian holiness has always been a profoundly countercultural life, requiring its practitioners, male and female, to stand up against prevailing mores, temporal rulers, and even misguided Churchmen. | @MeanCharlotte firstthings.com/article/1999/1…
The Holy Spirit is at work in Finland. As in other Nordic countries, church membership in Finland has plummeted in recent decades. But fifteen-to-twenty-nine-year-old men are bucking the trend. firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
The idea that abortion contributes to American prosperity is belied by blue state chaos and discontent, and even more so by the success of red states that restrict abortion. firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
Why is a foreign policy strategy of realism and balance of power actually *more* moral than a more idealistic approach? I laid out the argument in @firstthingsmag. 1/ firstthings.com/article/2022/1…
Registration for our 37th annual Erasmus Lecture with Paul Kingsnorth is now live on our website. Find out more about Kingsnorth and sign up at the link below. firstthings.com/events/the-202…
In this podcast, Carson Holloway discusses the significance of the popularity of superhero films, and why Batman in particular is a sort of monastic figure. firstthings.com/media/film-and…
The good life is one in which these mortal goods are shaped into an offering of thanks to the God who gives us everything we have. That offering beautifies our mortal life. firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
The ends for which the Arabs were fighting, under Lawrence’s direction, proved at odds with the plans of his British superiors, who had to satisfy the even more demanding French. firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
Over the last decade, a complicated network of state and federal laws has increasingly channeled children down the path of gender transition. firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
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"Christians and Jews belong together. They are both part of the one, though still divided, Israel. This is why Pope John Paul II has called Jews, in exemplary fashion, our “elder brothers.” Brotherhood includes, however, the ability to speak openly about past failures and…
My review of @Roger_Moorhouse's "The Forgers: the Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation" has been published by @firstthingsmag. It was written over a month ago, and so (obviously) does not refer to any recent events. firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
Why is a foreign policy strategy of realism and balance of power actually *more* moral than a more idealistic approach? I laid out the argument in @firstthingsmag. 1/ firstthings.com/article/2022/1…
Again, this messaging--which failed miserably in Michigan and Ohio--will continue to fail until pro-life groups realize that only making the case against abortion can persuade voters to reject it. The abortion groups are saying that women will die if pro-life laws are not…
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“The Church’s pastors may err in isolated cases when speaking in a non-definitive way. But in the consistent teaching of centuries and in acts of the extraordinary magisterium… she is preserved from doctrinal corruption” firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
Meet our American Politics and Government conference committee! Today we are highlighting Jennifer Frey. Jennifer Frey is the inaugural dean of the Honors College at The University of Tulsa and a philosophy professor. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of…
The way the ten Booms lived and died is a powerful example to all of us--especially now, when antisemitism is surging on both the Left and the Right.
On the wall in the dining room hangs the family motto: Jesus is Overwinnaar; Jesus is Victor. The lives and deaths of the ten Booms are a testament to that beautiful truth. | @JVanMaren firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
"Much has been written in the pages of First Things about the Swan of Avon, often by writers trying to shed light on those things Shakespeare kept shadowed. What did the Bard really think about politics? Religion? Was Shakespeare a secret Catholic?" firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
April 23rd is Shakespeare's birthday/death day! I put together a @firstthingsmag celebration 8 years ago for this day. It includes my own pieces on "Chimes at Midnight" and on "translating" Shakespeare into English (both of which I'm proud of). 🔗in🧵
For @firstthingsmag, Algis Valiunas writes about the legacy of Lawrence of Arabia. firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
An excellent column on C.S. Lewis and women in the priesthood. "What Lewis grasped intuitively, and [Pope] Paul VI articulated explicitly, is that masculine imagery is not a thing indifferent when it comes to the priesthood and its sacramental representation."
For C. S. Lewis, we live in a sacramental universe, and the mysteries of male and female are signs of something more, and “symbolize to us the hidden things of God.” Gender neutrality in the priesthood and marriage changes the story those vocations tell. firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
Religious populism was not magically conjured by Trump. It has come to the fore because religious believers are increasingly excluded from important institutions. firstthings.com/article/2024/0…
With all that's happening on college campuses these days, I'm reminded of the wonderful essay in @firstthingsmag by Stanley Hauerwas called "Go With God: An Open Letter to Young Christians On Their Way to College". firstthings.com/article/2010/1…
Corrie ten Boom's The Hiding Place has much to teach us about antisemitism today. My review of @LarryLoftis' biography The Watchmaker's Daughter, and my trip to Haarlem, in @firstthingsmag: firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
CRC Pres Scott Walter promotes his new book on Arabella Advisors on the First Things podcast. Check it out here: firstthings.com/media/the-left…
Who and what is Arabella? Scott Walter explains on today's podcast: firstthings.com/media/the-left…
Joe Lieberman was an unabashedly proud man of faith. He knew how much of America's greatness and goodness stemmed from the Founders' commitment to Judeo-Christian virtues and to religious liberty. For that he was appreciated by millions of Americans on both sides of the aisle…
As much as I really wanted to see Bush beat Gore, I thought Lieberman could be a real asset with Christian America because of his committed Judaism, not despite it. | @ballabon firstthings.com/web-exclusives…