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Journal of religion and public life featuring leading scholars on faith, culture, and public policy.

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Mathematics After AI

Last year, mathematicians from more than a dozen universities met in the city of Leiden to discuss how artificial intelligence will affect the future of their field. The fruit. The post Mathematics After AI appeared first on First Things

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The Last Grand Master from a Grander Age

The death of Sir Anthony Kenny on August 3, at the age of ninety-five, broke one of the last direct connections to an unparalleled period in the history of. The post The Last Grand Master from a Grander Age appeared first on First Things

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The Spiritual Appeal of Democratic Socialism

As a proud “Reagan Democrat,” I felt blessed to be in Berlin a few days after the Wall fell in November 1989. I will never forget the sight of. The post The Spiritual Appeal of Democratic Socialism appeared first on First Things

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Stories That Tell the U.S. Catholic Story

Fiction can often convey the human texture of a time and place better than scholarly works of history. Herewith, and in honor of the national semiquincentennial, some novels that. The post Stories That Tell the U.S. Catholic Story appeared first on First Things

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Crisis on the Campus

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Kevin D. Roberts joins in to discuss his recently edited book, Higher Education in America: It’s. The post Crisis on the Campus appeared first on First Things

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Finding Ourselves in Faerie

The average secularist is apt to dismiss belief in ghosts or aliens as eccentric. But if you say you believe in fairies, even the modern equivalent of an irrational peasant is liable to roll his eyes at you. The post Finding Ourselves in Faerie appeared first on First Things

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Jason Arday and the Merciless Lie

The fall of Cambridge wunderkind Jason Arday was the British press story of the summer. To any perceptive onlooker, his tall tales of overcoming numerous impossible odds to scale. The post Jason Arday and the Merciless Lie appeared first on First Things

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Christianity Is Not a Tool

On today’s episode, writer Kelly Chapman joins Virginia and Germán. According to the discourse, it’s fashionable to be religious. There’s also a lot of talk about returning to traditional. The post Christianity Is Not a Tool appeared first on First Things

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How the Therapeutic Killed Academic Standards

Darel Paul’s excellent First Things article on the Jason Arday scandal pinpoints a number of the problems now rife in academia, problems that I can attest are so well-established. The post How the Therapeutic Killed Academic Standards appeared first on First Things

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A Feast at the End of the World

Margaret Kennedy—novelist, playwright, historian, critic—is having another moment. Feted and famous after the 1924 publication of her second novel, The Constant Nymph, Kennedy stopped writing novels during World War. The post A Feast at the End of the World appeared first on First Things

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Vampires and Values on Broadway

The Lost Boys, a Broadway musical adapted from the 1980s vampire flick, opens with a flickering specter. A doomed cop is searching a condemned warehouse when a TV suddenly. The post Vampires and Values on Broadway appeared first on First Things

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AOC’s Illogical Case for Egg Freezing

This is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s week. Amid the backlash over her cavalier dismissal of “Woke 1″—the era of far-left activism and rhetoric that peaked in 2020—speculation about a 2028 presidential. The post AOC’s Illogical Case for Egg Freezing appeared first on First Things

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