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  Claire Giuntini · [email protected]
December 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

What made Rome great?

What made Rome great? Dear Reader,G. K. Chesterton once said that Rome wasn’t loved because she was great, but rather she was great because she was loved. Reader, you are what makes FIRST THINGS great. And your generous support is what enables FIRST THINGS to publish the best cultural,…
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December 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Luigi Mangione and the Glamour of Evil

Luigi Mangione and the Glamour of Evil Daily Newsletter: December 23, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 23, 2024Will you consider a year-end gift of $1,000 in support of FIRST THINGS? We’d be delighted to welcome you into the FIRST THINGS Editor’s Circle. …
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December 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Christmas

Christmas FIRST THINGS PRESENTSSUNDAY SPOTLIGHTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER Two generous supporters have extended our matching challenge through December 26 by pledging an additional $40,000! Give now for double the impact at supportfirstthings.com/match.  As we approach Christmas, F…
  Rusty Reno · [email protected]
December 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM

Important Matching Challenge Update

Important Matching Challenge Update Dear Reader,I had to scrap my first draft of this email. I had been planning to issue a final exhortation on behalf of our $60,000 matching challenge, which was set to conclude at 11:59 p.m.But thanks to nearly two hundred FIRST THINGS readers like y…
  First Things · [email protected]
December 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM

For Christian Civilization

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  Carter Skeel · [email protected]
December 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Double, or nothing

Dear Reader, Double or nothing. That's the decision. This week only, a generous supporter has offered to fully match all donations to First Things up to $60,000 (to yield a total of $120,000). In other words, your gift of $50 unlocks $100 for First Things, your gift of $100 unlocks $200, an…
  First Things · [email protected]
December 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM

The Coup Against Romania's Trumpian Turn

The Coup Against Romania's Trumpian Turn Daily Newsletter: December 19, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 19, 2024Jordan Peterson’s “God”by Alastair RobertsClick here to read >>The Coup Against Romania’s Trumpian Turnby Titus TecheraClick here to rea…
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December 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM

My Gay Tragedy

My Gay Tragedy Daily Newsletter: December 18, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 18, 2024My Gay Tragedyby Karl Johann PetersenClick here to read >>Embassy Vatican: Some Demystificationsby George WeigelClick here to read >>Taking God Seriouslyby …
  First Things · [email protected]
December 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM

Resisting Presentism

Resisting Presentism First Things is unique among conservative publications. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Can you help FIRST THINGS unlock our $60,000 mat…
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December 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM

Advent from a Prison Cell

Advent from a Prison Cell Daily Newsletter: December 17, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 17, 2024Your gift will be matched in full—today through Saturday only! Give now for double the impact at supportfirstthings.com/matchMiddlebrow Protestantismby Matth…
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December 17, 2024 at 3:30 PM

The Opportunity Today

The Opportunity Today Dear Reader,An exciting announcement: Thanks to a very generous Editor’s Circle supporter, from today through December 21 at 11:59 p.m. your gift to FIRST THINGS will be matched in full up to a total of $60,000. You can make things easy for us by ponying up the fu…
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December 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Keir Starmer’s Assault on Farms

Keir Starmer’s Assault on Farms Daily Newsletter: December 16, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 16, 2024Exposing the Unseriousness of Elite Irreligionby Solveig Lucia GoldClick here to read >>James Herriot’s Son Condemns Starmer’s Assault on Farmsby…
  First Things · [email protected]
December 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Advent

Advent "We have to wait and wait" PRESENTSSUNDAY SPOTLIGHTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. Longfellow This Advent, First Things authors profile St. John of the Cross and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, two men who lived…
  Rusty Reno · [email protected]
December 14, 2024 at 5:59 PM

Now's our chance

Now's our chance Dear Reader,Physician-assisted suicide. Deaths of despair. Men changing in girls’ locker rooms. Abortion on demand. Given a glimpse, more of our fellow Americans are realizing where this road leads: a culture of death and a dead end. You and I have a momentous opportun…
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December 13, 2024 at 5:05 PM

Iain McGilchrist’s New Era

Iain McGilchrist’s New Era Daily Newsletter: December 13, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 13, 2024Will you make a critical year-end gift to FIRST THINGS today? Give now at supportfirstthings.com/campaignMake Villains Wicked Againby Germán SaucedoClick he…
  Rusty Reno · [email protected]
December 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM

We Need You: Here's How

We Need You: Here's How Dear Reader,With this email, I am pleased to launch the digital phase of the 2024 FIRST THINGS Year-End Campaign. Thanks to the generous giving of 393 readers, FIRST THINGS has already received $370,252 toward our December 31 goal of $950,000 from 1,250 readers.…
  First Things · [email protected]
December 12, 2024 at 5:17 PM

Against Christian Civilization

Against Christian Civilization Daily Newsletter: December 12, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 12, 2024Your giving makes possible articles like the ones displayed below. Make a special year-end gift at supportfirstthings.com/campaignAgainst Christian Civi…
  First Things · [email protected]
December 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Be generous! Give your friends First Things.

Be generous! Give your friends First Things. This holiday season give a gift that keeps giving all year. View this email in your browser First Things gift subscriptions now $28 off! This…
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December 11, 2024 at 5:30 PM

America’s Atheist Diplomacy

America’s Atheist Diplomacy Daily Newsletter: December 11, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 11, 2024Books for Christmas—2024by George WeigelClick here to read >>America’s Atheist Diplomacyby Michael T. McCaulClick here to read >>Want to read m…
  First Things · [email protected]
December 10, 2024 at 8:14 PM

Night of the World

Night of the World German intellectuals were haunted by God and gods. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate The digital phase of the 2024 FIRST THINGS Year-End Cam…
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December 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Daniel Penny’s Acquittal Is a Win for Civilization

Daniel Penny’s Acquittal Is a Win for Civilization Daily Newsletter: December 10, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 10, 2024Wifejak, Icon of the Normalby Sohrab AhmariClick here to read >>Daniel Penny’s Acquittal Is a Win for Civilizationby Helen And…
  The Editors · [email protected]
December 9, 2024 at 6:01 PM

First Things presents . . .

First Things presents . . . Dear Reader,This will be a short email. Last month, FIRST THINGS convened a handful of our sharpest and most talented authors and editors to film the year-end video you’ll find above. These contributors represent FIRST THINGS at its best—a symphony of distin…
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December 9, 2024 at 4:44 PM

The Divine Light of Notre-Dame Cathedral

The Divine Light of Notre-Dame Cathedral Daily Newsletter: December 9, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 9, 2024The digital phase of the 2024 FIRST THINGS Year-End Campaign is live! Give now at supportfirstthings.com/campaignWhat Conclave Yearns Forby Dan …
  First Things · [email protected]
December 8, 2024 at 5:14 PM

Suicide

Suicide The West's silent epidemic PRESENTSSUNDAY SPOTLIGHTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. Longfellow This Sunday, we take some time to reflect on the tragedy of taking one’s life and the culture of death th…
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December 6, 2024 at 5:14 PM

Keep the Stigma Against Suicide

Keep the Stigma Against Suicide Daily Newsletter: December 6, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 6, 2024Pope Francis and Catholic Sensitivity to Jews by Raymond J. de SouzaClick here to read >>Keep the Stigma Against Suicideby Ashley Frawley Click her…
  First Things · [email protected]
December 5, 2024 at 8:45 PM

Books that make great Christmas gifts!

Books that make great Christmas gifts! Looking for a great idea for your Christmas giving? View this email in your browser Get ahead of the crowd. Order books from the First Things store…
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December 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM

Bonhoeffer Is Not Your Cipher

Bonhoeffer Is Not Your Cipher Daily Newsletter: December 5, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 5, 2024Bonhoeffer Is Not Your Cipherby Joel LooperClick here to read >>Why Christians Should Care About Oak Flatby Robert P. GeorgeClick here to read >&g…
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December 4, 2024 at 5:14 PM

Evangelicals and the Exit Polls

Evangelicals and the Exit Polls Daily Newsletter: December 4, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 4, 2024“Luce,” Mascot of Dumbed-Down Catholicism by George WeigelClick here to read >>Evangelicals and the Exit Pollsby Darren GuerraClick here to read &g…
  First Things Editors and Staff · [email protected]
December 3, 2024 at 8:29 PM

Don't give to First Things (today)

Don't give to First Things (today) Dear Reader,Unless you are brand new to FIRST THINGS, you know that we are not shy about presenting our financial needs and requesting your charitable support. There is good reason for this. We receive more than a third of the charitable support we ne…
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December 3, 2024 at 7:22 PM

Overcoming Theological Amnesia

Overcoming Theological Amnesia We need a wider ressourcement, one that casts a wider, more “catholic” net. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Overcoming Theolog…
  First Things · [email protected]
December 3, 2024 at 4:01 PM

How Trump Won Over Women Voters

How Trump Won Over Women Voters Daily Newsletter: December 3, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 3, 2024Disintegrating Englandby Richard RexClick here to read >>How Trump Won Over Women Votersby Rachel BovardClick here to read >>Get Out of Your …
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December 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Lady Scrooges

Lady Scrooges Daily Newsletter: December 2, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: December 2, 2024Can the Ignatius Study Bible Save Biblical Studies?by John Byron KuhnerClick here to read >>Lady Scroogesby Rhys LavertyClick here to read >>Want to read more?…
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December 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Consumerism

Consumerism Can we consume our way out of our problems? PRESENTSSUNDAY SPOTLIGHTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. LongfellowThis week, First Things authors on our current consumerist culture, in which money and…
  First Things · [email protected]
November 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Books that make great Christmas gifts!

Books that make great Christmas gifts! Looking for a great idea for your Christmas giving? View this email in your browser Get ahead of the crowd. Order books from the First Things store…
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November 29, 2024 at 11:00 PM

Thanksgiving and American Audacity

Thanksgiving and American Audacity Daily Newsletter: November 29, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 29, 2024Thanksgiving and American Audacityby Bradley J. BirzerClick here to read >>Teachers Against the Robotsby S. A. DanceClick here to read >>…
  First Things · [email protected]
November 27, 2024 at 6:01 PM

A thoughtful gift for thinking friends

A thoughtful gift for thinking friends View this email in your browser If it’s the thought that counts, you can do no better than giving a First Things gift subscription. Each monthly issue is a fount of …
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November 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM

Bathrooms Are Not the Real Battlefield

Bathrooms Are Not the Real Battlefield Daily Newsletter: November 27, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 27, 2024An Open Letter to JD Vanceby George WeigelClick here to read >>Bathrooms Are Not the Real Battlefieldby R. R. RenoClick here to read >&…
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November 26, 2024 at 7:11 PM

Resist the Conception Machine

Resist the Conception Machine Reproductive technologies warp both society and human relationships. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Resist the Conception Mach…
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November 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM

Night of the World

Night of the World Daily Newsletter: November 26, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 26, 2024Night of the Worldby Algis ValiunasClick here to read >>The Undoing of Justin Trudeauby Howard AnglinClick here to read >>Want to read more? Click here …
  Carter Skeel · [email protected]
November 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Our plan

Our plan Dear Reader,You may have seen our year-end giving goal: $950,000 from 1,250 readers of FIRST THINGS. To put a fine point on it: That’s how much we need to raise by December 31 to publish FIRST THINGS and execute our core programs in the new year.Of course, to accomplish someth…
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November 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Assisted Suicide and the Politics of Fear

Assisted Suicide and the Politics of Fear Daily Newsletter: November 25, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 25, 2024Assisted Suicide and the Politics of Fearby Dan HitchensClick here to read >>Poetry in the Age of DisenchantmentConversations with Mark…
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November 24, 2024 at 5:14 PM

New York City

New York City Is New York a reflection of America? PRESENTSSUNDAY SPOTLIGHTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. LongfellowThis week, First Things authors reflect on America’s greatest city and the people who helpe…
  First Things · [email protected]
November 22, 2024 at 4:44 PM

The Seven Sins Against the Holy Spirit

The Seven Sins Against the Holy Spirit Daily Newsletter: November 22, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 22, 2024The Seven Sins Against the Holy Spirit: A Synodal Tragedy by Gerhard Cardinal MüllerClick here to read >>Red Menace by Peter J. LeithartCl…
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November 21, 2024 at 5:44 PM

This Is a Dangerous Moment for the U.S. Pro-Life Movement

This Is a Dangerous Moment for the U.S. Pro-Life Movement Daily Newsletter: November 21, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 21, 2024This Is a Dangerous Moment for the U.S. Pro-Life Movementby Calum MillerClick here to read >>How to Fix Our Broken Dati…
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November 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Ready for Weirdness

Ready for Weirdness Daily Newsletter: November 20, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 20, 2024Ready for Weirdnessby Matthew B. CrawfordClick here to read >>A Great Christian Witness, Too Little Known in the Westby George WeigelClick here to read >&…
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November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Modernity’s Self-Destruct Button

Modernity’s Self-Destruct Button Wealth precedes infertility. Eventually, infertility will engender stagnation and poverty. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate M…
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November 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Woke Ideology Is Not Dead and Buried

Woke Ideology Is Not Dead and Buried Daily Newsletter: November 19, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 19, 2024Low Church Atheismby Sam BuntzClick here to read >>Woke Ideology Is Not Dead and Buriedby Francis X. MaierClick here to read >>Liberal…
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November 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM

What Catholics Should Think About Climate

What Catholics Should Think About Climate Daily Newsletter: November 18, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 18, 2024Heresy Costsby Brian Patrick EhaClick here to read >>What Catholics Should Think About Climateby S. V. ArbogastClick here to read >&…
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November 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM

Thomism

Thomism PRESENTSSUNDAY SPOTLIGHTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. LongfellowThis week, First Things authors trace the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas through our world—from Mammon to John Paul II. The “Dumb Ox” re…
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November 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Resist the Conception Machine

Resist the Conception Machine Daily Newsletter: November 15, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 15, 2024From LSD to Christby Mark Bauerlein Click here to read >>Resist the Conception Machineby Michael HanbyClick here to read >>The Truth Is in th…