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From Neocons to Nat Cons: The Shifting Editorial Positions at First Things

First Things is arguably the most important religious publication in America today, but under R.R. Reno it has sharply diverged from the views of its founder Richard John Neuhaus

Is There a Right to Immigrate? Review of “Migrant God: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice”

Christians are called to love all persons, but this does not justify evading border regulations.

The World Needs a Cold Warrior Pope

The next pope must embody the courage of John Paul II in unequivocally condemning the aggression and human rights violations of China, Russia, and Hamas

Largest Longitudinal Study of Human Flourishing Ever Shows Religion’s Importance 

The results of the Baylor/Harvard Global Flourishing Study survey have just been released, showing empirically the importance of religious observance as one of the most significant factors in self-reported wellbeing from across 22 countries

Putting Natural Law to Work: Review of Hopeful Realism

A trio of Protestant Christian political science professors argue that evangelicals should be more aware of and attuned to the natural law tradition

Religious Liberty, Putin, and Lukashenko 

A recent crackdown on religious liberty in Belarus offers a reminder of why freedom of religion so often comes into conflict with authoritarianism

America and the Vatican Must Confront China on Human Rights, Starting with Jimmy Lai

The plight of imprisoned Hong Konger Jimmy Lai is a case study in the failure of the Vatican to stand up for freedom of conscience and other universal rights Christian humanism upholds

T.S. Eliot and the Need for Lent

As the season of Lent begins, T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow Men” provides ever-relevant lessons for overcoming spiritual lassitude characteristic of modernity

The Compromises Between Prophetic and Political Christianity

Christianity in public life finds expression through two contrasting yet complementary forms: the prophetic and the political. Both are necessary for authentic Christian witness

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