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Culture

Postliberalism and Its Discontents (ft. James Wood)

In this episode, James R. Wood joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Liberalism Is Christianity’s Prodigal Child” from the June/July 2026. The post Postliberalism and Its Discontents (ft. James Wood) appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Michael Connelly Literary Universe

If you are a longtime reader of this column, you know of my frustration with the routine disdain expressed in certain quarters for “series fiction.” Of course sometimes such. The post The Michael Connelly Literary Universe appeared first on First Things

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Culture

In Magnifica Humanitas, Leo Defends the Human Person

“What is man that thou art mindful of him?”—Psalm 8:4 Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, is already being described as the Catholic Church’s great intervention into the. The post In Magnifica Humanitas, Leo Defends the Human Person appeared first on First Things

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Politics

Will Hungary Be a Christian Nation After Orbán?

A little over a year ago, I arrived in Budapest for a ten-month stay as a senior fellow at one of Hungary’s academic institutions. My task was to teach. The post Will Hungary Be a Christian Nation After Orbán? appeared first on First Things

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Education

Can Yale Lead Reform?

In early April, Yale University released the “­Report of the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Education.” The faculty committee had been formed a year earlier, charged with the. The post Can Yale Lead Reform? appeared first on First Things

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Culture

C. S. Lewis’s Philosophy of Gender

Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve:C. S. Lewis’s Images of Genderby joshua phillip herring234 pages, davenant Press, $31.95 When Lucy steps through the wardrobe into Narnia and runs into. The post C. S. Lewis’s Philosophy of Gender appeared first on First Things

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Technology

Magnifica Humanitas, a Missed Opportunity?

At nearly 43,000 words, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” is a sprawling effort to array the. The post Magnifica Humanitas, a Missed Opportunity? appeared first on First Things

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Geopolitics

The Peace We Can Make

Repetition, it’s said, can be the mother of learning. So, in light of recent Catholic debates about the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and elsewhere, permit me. The post The Peace We Can Make appeared first on First Things

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Same-Sex Marriage and the Degradation of European Law

Until recently, Poland’s definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman seemed inviolable, for at least two reasons. First, Article 18 of the Polish Constitution. The post Same-Sex Marriage and the Degradation of European Law appeared first on First Things

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Society

How Commercial Surrogacy Targets Military Families

Military wives constitute less than 1 percent of the American population, and they make up between 15 and 20 percent of the women paid to gestate other people’s children. The post How Commercial Surrogacy Targets Military Families appeared first on First Things

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Culture

A Boomer, But An Augustinian: On Magnifica Humanitas

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, begins with the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9). Babel represents the grandiosity of. The post A Boomer, But An Augustinian: On Magnifica Humanitas appeared first on First Things

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