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First Things

First Things is a journal aimed at "advanc a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society", focusing on theology, liturgy, history of religion, church history, culture, education, society, politics, literature, book reviews, and poetry. First Things is inter-religious, inter-denominational and ecumenical, especially Christian and…

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Based in
New York City
Categories
Religion
Company
Institute on Religion and Public Life
Country
United States
Editor
R. R. Reno
First issue
March 1990

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First Things

Nodes137
Edges136
Triples133
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014599
Components1

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First Things

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related to Governance · 96
First Things → Anderson, Anglican, Arthur, Baptist, Berger, Both Berger, Bruce, Carl, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholics Neuhaus, Chad Hatfield, Chief Academic Officer, Christian, Colin Moran, Concordia Seminary, Congregationalist, Cornelius Plantinga, Dalin, David
related to history · 26
First Things → Catholic, Catholicism, Charles Colson, Christian, Christians, Colorado Supreme Court's, David Brooks, Democracy, Evans, Gertrude Himmelfarb, He, In, It, Later, Lutheran, March, Midge Decter, Neuhaus, Richard John Neuhaus, Rockford Institute
Based in · 1
First Things → New York City
Categories · 1
First Things → Religion
Company · 1
First Things → Institute on Religion and Public Life
Country · 1
First Things → United States
Editor · 1
First Things → R. R. Reno
First issue · 1
First Things → March 1990
Frequency · 1
First Things → Monthly (10 issues/year)
ISSN · 1
First Things → 1047-5141

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First ThingsCategoriesReligion1.00infobox
First ThingsCompanyInstitute on Religion and Public Life1.00infobox
First ThingsCountryUnited States1.00infobox
First ThingsEditorR. R. Reno1.00infobox
First ThingsFirst issueMarch 19901.00infobox
First ThingsFrequencyMonthly (10 issues/year)1.00infobox
First ThingsISSN1047-51411.00infobox
First ThingsLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
First ThingsWebsiteFirstThings.com1.00infobox
First Thingsis ajournal aimed at0.90text
First Thingsrelated to GovernanceInstitute0.60section

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