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

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Culture

Women Should Not Tolerate Porn

Young women today have unrealistically high standards. When I speak to conservative young men about dating, this is something I often hear. There is some truth to this. Online,. The post Women Should Not Tolerate Porn appeared first on First Things

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Foucault’s Idol of Nothingness

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Michel Foucault. He was influential in his lifetime, but forty-two years after his death, while contemporaries such as Derrida have. The post Foucault’s Idol of Nothingness appeared first on First Things

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Politics

Meet the Post-Religious Right

There have been ­many books written about the online right and the Trump movement, most by people who are, to put it mildly, critical of them. This book is different. The post Meet the Post-Religious Right appeared first on First Things

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How Sweden’s Immigrant Vote Toppled the Right

For decades, Sweden had perhaps the most open immigration policy and the strongest commitment to tolerance and multiculturalism in the West. That changed in 2015, when the Sweden Democrats. The post How Sweden’s Immigrant Vote Toppled the Right appeared first on First Things

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Candace Owens and the Sin of Anti-Semitism

According to the online Encyclopedia Britannica, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) was “an Italian-born businessman who was noted for his philanthropy and support of Jewish rights.” In the England to which he was brought. The post Candace Owens and the Sin of Anti-Semitism appeared first on First Things

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Education

Cornell’s Secret History

The editors discuss the NatCon in Jerusalem, the scandal at Cornell University and its broader implications, and whether AI could ever be considered to be conscious. Further reading: The. The post Cornell’s Secret History appeared first on First Things

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Geopolitics

Armenia’s Unbroken Courage

In mid-September, I joined a lunch with the leaders of a village in Syunik, southern Armenia. The president of neighboring Azerbaijan has been threatening for several years to “return”. The post Armenia’s Unbroken Courage appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Recovering Christian Humanism

Confusion over what it means to be human, and over whether human nature has an intrinsic moral shape, remains the source of much of our modern chaos. This anthropological. The post Recovering Christian Humanism appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Second Death of Charlie Kirk

It used to be that if you died horribly and honorably and happened to be a person of note, your legacy was secure. Amelia Earhart, John F. Kennedy, and. The post The Second Death of Charlie Kirk appeared first on First Things

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Betting Against Your Neighbor

At a semiannual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, D. Todd Christofferson—one of the Church’s most senior leaders—declared forcefully that “gambling is morally wrong.” He. The post Betting Against Your Neighbor appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Be Wise as Chameleons

Visiting Philippi on his second missionary expedition, Paul starts a riot. When he casts a python demon out of a young female soothsayer, her owners charge that he subverts. The post Be Wise as Chameleons appeared first on First Things

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