[caption id=”attachment_62111” align=”aligncenter” width=”510”] Willard lecturing at Azusa Pacific University in 2010. [/caption] Christianity Today : Dallas Willard, a prominent philosopher on a “quiet quest to subvert nominal . . . . Continue Reading »
The great Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, nicknamed the “Eternal One,” has passed away at the age of 94. The seven-times Prime Minister was an unassuming man : Andreotti would go to a different church every morning, and always leave as soon as Mass was over. He would . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel remembers Max Kampelman : He was a major figure in forcing human rights issues onto the U.S. foreign policy agenda, made an invaluable contribution to the moral delegitimation of the Soviet Union as ambassador for Presidents Carter and Reagan to the Madrid Review Conference . . . . Continue Reading »
A recent inquiry from a college instructor in search of philosophical arguments on the morality of abortion inspired us to compile the below list of resources, which, though far from comprehensive, may be of use to pro-lifers. I’ve sorted the list by type of resource. Free online articles: . . . . Continue Reading »
Once an intimate family affair, death and dying are now outsourced in America. Set in different centuries, stories from two of America’s greatest storytellers highlight the manner in which American encounters with death and dying have changed over the last two hundred years. Culled from . . . . Continue Reading »
Do All Twentysomething Evangelicals Hate the Suburbs? Keith Miller, Mere Orthodoxy I Still Love Kierkegaard Julian Baggini, Aeon The Argument from Divine Hiddenness Victor Reppert, Dangerous Idea A Caution re: Reading Bergoglio As Proto-Francis Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law Door-to-Door . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s a short post by the fine blogger Alan Jacobs. With Alan, Sam Goldman, and Rod Dreher, I have to admit that THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE is starting to surge in a big way. So Alan’s point is that colleges are engaged in a destructive amenities arms race. Their health clubs and . . . . Continue Reading »
And boys of all ages mourn. The dread creaking-bronze colossus Talos, from my favorite Harryhausen-driven movie, Jason and the Argonauts , and his many other unforgettable creations will of course live on in the image file. In addition to being one of those charming American inventor types, from . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on the age of technology and ideology : Self-idolization is a natural by-product of the instrumentalization of our age, and it is weakening us. The GPS destroys our sense of direction; social scientists cripple our instinctive knowing. The world says True North is a relative . . . . Continue Reading »
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