First things
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| Area of Expertise | Religion, politics, culture |
| language | English |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| First edition | 1990 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Editor-in-chief | RR Reno |
| editor | Institute on Religion and Public Life |
| Web link | firstthings.com |
First Things is an American monthly magazine that deals with politics, religion and culture from an ecumenical perspective, taking politically conservative standpoints. The magazine was founded in 1990 by Richard John Neuhaus and is published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York .
History and direction
The Catholic theologian Richard John Neuhaus founded the magazine in March 1990 after leaving the Rockford Institute , a paleoconservative think tank , with some employees due to differences in content .
Members of the editorial committee in the past have included Peter L. Berger , Gertrude Himmelfarb and Stanley Hauerwas . Hauerwas resigned from the editorial committee in February 2002 criticizing the war on terror because the magazine supported the Bush administration's actions.
First Things sees it as a goal "to contribute to a religiously enlightened public thinking for the order of society"
Authors and collaborators
The staffing reflects the ecumenical claim of the magazine: editors-in-chief have been the Lutheran James Nuechterlein (1990–2004), the Jew Damon Linker (2004–2005), the Catholic Joseph Bottum (2005–2010) and the Catholic RR Reno (since 2011).
Accordingly, Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Jewish voices have their say in religious matters in the magazine. Midge Decter , Mary Ann Glendon , Robert P. George , Peter Hitchens , David Horowitz , Thomas F. Madden , Roger Scruton and Michael Wyschogrod write or have written for First Things .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Original: to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society . First Things, Masthead , accessed March 20, 2020