Pat Robertson, Seer of Virginia Beach
by Kenneth L. WoodwardReverend Pat Robertson, who died yesterday at age 93, had a penchant for prophesying that made him unique among the figures of the Religious Right. Continue Reading »
Reverend Pat Robertson, who died yesterday at age 93, had a penchant for prophesying that made him unique among the figures of the Religious Right. Continue Reading »
We can talk about censorship, but it's more important to talk about how children are altering their bodies and are being led down a path of lifelong medicalization. Continue Reading »
The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for thirty-five years was a brilliant, holy man who bore no resemblance to the caricature that was first created by his theological enemies and then set in media concrete. Continue Reading »
The upcoming Jewish High Holidays offer insight into the rapid, derisory media communication forms of today. Continue Reading »
Mary Whitehouse was not simply a moralizing paranoiac, and at some point a half-century ago, we chose the pornographic world that she spent her life fighting against. Continue Reading »
To be leaders, we must build upon the very best of our inheritance—artistic, political, moral, and theological—to venture a vision for a better future. Continue Reading »
Self-indulgent to a tee, the only morality the modern West knows is that which chimes with whatever the tastes of the moment happen to be, whatever works, whatever makes money. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis is not—as the American media would have it—a relativist softie. He is staunchly pro-life. Continue Reading »
Hans Küng invented and then exploited a new personality type: the dissident Catholic theologian as international media star. Continue Reading »
“It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.” Continue Reading »