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

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Culture

Robert Duvall’s Faithful Art

Robert Duvall, one of Hollywood’s most versatile and admired actors, has died at the age of ninety-five. He played any number of iconic roles: from Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse. The post Robert Duvall’s Faithful Art appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Sinners and the Rise of Feminine Spirituality

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, the most nominated film in Oscar history, is the biggest example of Hollywood’s new take on faith: Feminine spirituality is good; masculine Christianity is bad. Sinners. The post Sinners and the Rise of Feminine Spirituality appeared first on First Things

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Society

The Roots of the Trans Violence Epidemic

Jesse Van Rootselaar and Robert Dorgan, two men pretending to be women, killed ten people in separate mass shootings within a single week. Both exhibited documented histories of serious. The post The Roots of the Trans Violence Epidemic appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Testament of Ann Lee Shakes with Conviction

The Shaker name looms large in America’s material history. The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts an entire Shaker Retiring Room, replete with objects crafted by the early community of. The post The Testament of Ann Lee Shakes with Conviction appeared first on First Things

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Culture

What Virgil Teaches America (ft. Spencer Klavan)

In this episode, Spencer A. Klavan joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent essay, “In the Footsteps of Aeneas” from the February 2026. The post What Virgil Teaches America (ft. Spencer Klavan) appeared first on First Things

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Education

Why I Stay at Notre Dame

I have been associated with the University of Notre Dame since 1984, first as a graduate student in mathematics and then in philosophy. In 2003, I became a tenured. The post Why I Stay at Notre Dame appeared first on First Things

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Geopolitics

Europe’s Fate Is America’s Business

"In a second Trump term,” said former national security advisor John Bolton to the Washington Post almost exactly four years ago, “I think he may well have withdrawn from NATO.” The post Europe’s Fate Is America’s Business appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Playing God, Becoming Nothing

This past week, I read three things that offered a glimpse of how empty the modern notion of what it means to be human really is. The first was. The post Playing God, Becoming Nothing appeared first on First Things

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Culture

“Wuthering Heights” Is for the TikTok Generation

Director Emerald Fennell knows how to tap into a zeitgeist. Her 2020 film Promising Young Woman captured the high that #MeToo activists were riding after the downfall of Harvey. The post “Wuthering Heights” Is for the TikTok Generation appeared first on First Things

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Remembering Angelo Gugel

Those who remember the epic pontificate of St. John Paul II may recall a tall, handsome layman with well-combed, iron-gray hair, dressed in a black business suit, white shirt,. The post Remembering Angelo Gugel appeared first on First Things

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Technology

The Real Significance of Moltbook

Elon Musk thinks we may be watching the beginning of the singularity. OpenAI and Tesla AI designer Andrej Karpathy calls it “genuinely the most incredible sci-fi takeoff-adjacent thing” he. The post The Real Significance of Moltbook appeared first on First Things

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