Dear Reader,

Three weeks from today, Paul Kingsnorth will give the thirty-seventh annual Erasmus Lecture at the Union League Club of New York.

One week from today, the lecture program will go to press, meaning this is your final week to become a sponsor of this year’s Erasmus Lecture.

Sponsorships begin at $1,000 and include recognition in the program and an invitation to dinner with Kingsnorth and other FIRST THINGS authors and editors.

If you would like to become a sponsor, complete the registration form here or contact Claire Giuntini, director of the Editor’s Circle, at [email protected] or 212-627-1985.

To register for a ticket without sponsoring, click on the secure button below.

Thank you for your support!

With gratitude,

Carter Skeel

Director of Institutional Advancement

Paul Kingsnorth is an English writer living in the west of Ireland. He is the author of nine books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including the novel The Wake, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

The story of his unexpected conversion to the Romanian Orthodox Church in 2021 was published in FIRST THINGS as “The Cross and the Machine.” He returned to the pages of FIRST THINGS in 2023 with the publication of “A Wild Christianity.” His forthcoming book Against the Machine explores the cultural and spiritual impacts of the rising religion of technology.

“Against Christian Civilization”

Paul Kingsnorth

October 28 at 6 p.m.

Union League Club of New York

38 East 37th Street