First Things
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First Things is a journal of ideas that examines the most interesting -- and often controversial -- issues arising at the crossroads of religion and public life today. It begins with the premise that to understand American society -- and where it is headed it is necessary to understand its religious life and values.
First Things is a journal of ideas that examines the most interesting -- and often controversial -- issues arising at the crossroads of religion and public life today. It begins with the premise that to understand American society -- and where it is headed it is necessary to understand its religious life and values.
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- Simply the best
The journal "First Things" fills an important niche in the intellectual landscape of the ever-changing marketplace of ideas. It is, as its description states "the journal of religion, culture, and public life." In my humble opinion the definite article in the description is well deserved since "First Things" has positioned itself as the definitive journal on those three subjects and especially on their intersection and interplay. The ordering of the importance those three subjects from the description ... Read More
Rating: - It's the top: intellectual, funny, and religious all at once
If you have never picked up a copy of "First Things" you need to do so today. There is simply nothing else even remotely like it.No amount of praise could be too lavish for this magazine.
"First Things" aninterfaith religious magazine. Yes, I said religious, a word hovering on the brink of the suspect list lately. The magazine does lean to Catholic and Protestant issues, although I have read articles by Jewish writers as well.
In this month's issue (May 08) there are ... Read More
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- First Things First Rate!
First Things magazine is a valuable guide to faith, culture & world events.It represents eccumanism of CS Lewis' "Mere Christianity" veriety, not of the lowest common denominator.
If you want to know what commited & intelligent believers are thinking & talking about, look no further!
Rating: - Not the best, but VERY VERY good
I wouldn't say this is the best in Christian scholarship like one review, but it is not some fluffy piece of crap either. This journal is generally quite challenging and interesting to read. It may not be respected as the most academically rigorous journal out there, but it is very accessible to relatively unread laity who are interested in stretching their views and understanding of the issues of religion in the public sphere.
It does lean on the conservative side, but that's a nice counter ... Read More
Rating: - Don't leave home without this intellectual journal.
First Things editor Richard John Neuhaus is famous for two things.
First, his intellectual and spiritual pilgrimage from liberal orthodoxy to Missouri Synod Lutheranism and then home to Roman Catholic faith has provided a point of reference and occasional road map to fellow travelers.
Then, his popularization of the diagnostic phrase 'the naked public square' to refer to a secularized pseudo-democracy where the voice of articulate faith is not welcome - together with his eventual ... Read More
- Simply the bestThe journal "First Things" fills an important niche in the intellectual landscape of the ever-changing marketplace of ideas. It is, as its description states "the journal of religion, culture, and public life." In my humble opinion the definite article in the description is well deserved since "First Things" has positioned itself as the definitive journal on those three subjects and especially on their intersection and interplay. The ordering of the importance those three subjects from the description ... Read More
- It's the top: intellectual, funny, and religious all at onceIf you have never picked up a copy of "First Things" you need to do so today. There is simply nothing else even remotely like it.No amount of praise could be too lavish for this magazine.
"First Things" aninterfaith religious magazine. Yes, I said religious, a word hovering on the brink of the suspect list lately. The magazine does lean to Catholic and Protestant issues, although I have read articles by Jewish writers as well.
In this month's issue (May 08) there are ... Read More
- First Things First Rate!First Things magazine is a valuable guide to faith, culture & world events.It represents eccumanism of CS Lewis' "Mere Christianity" veriety, not of the lowest common denominator.
If you want to know what commited & intelligent believers are thinking & talking about, look no further!
- Not the best, but VERY VERY goodI wouldn't say this is the best in Christian scholarship like one review, but it is not some fluffy piece of crap either. This journal is generally quite challenging and interesting to read. It may not be respected as the most academically rigorous journal out there, but it is very accessible to relatively unread laity who are interested in stretching their views and understanding of the issues of religion in the public sphere.
It does lean on the conservative side, but that's a nice counter ... Read More
- Don't leave home without this intellectual journal.First Things editor Richard John Neuhaus is famous for two things.
First, his intellectual and spiritual pilgrimage from liberal orthodoxy to Missouri Synod Lutheranism and then home to Roman Catholic faith has provided a point of reference and occasional road map to fellow travelers.
Then, his popularization of the diagnostic phrase 'the naked public square' to refer to a secularized pseudo-democracy where the voice of articulate faith is not welcome - together with his eventual ... Read More
