A couple of days ago, Rowan Williams addressed the matter of weddings becoming ever more extravagant events:Speaking at a debate entitled “Marriage: Love or Law” in London, the former Archbishop of Canterbury said that the “marketisation of marriage” must be curtailed.He . . . . Continue Reading »
As Christians reflect on The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, they should recognize the connection between prayers for God’s kingdom to come and prayers for Christian unity. These prayers must always be said together. Continue Reading »
I’ve been down with the flu, so not much from me this week,1. If I ran a national television news division, I would immediately hire Mollie Hemingway to do lengthy reported pieces.2. Imagine you are in your late teens or early twenties. You are in the top third of your age-group for intelligence . . . . Continue Reading »
Ryan T. Anderson, former assistant editor of First Things, testified before the Indiana House Judiciary Committee this past Monday. A video and a transcript of his testimony have been published at Public Discourse today.Anderson focuses on three questions: “What is marriage, why does marriage . . . . Continue Reading »
At Postmodern Conservative, Carl Scott continues to talk about the decline of the English major.Peter Leithart is reading about: Christian kings (more here), morphic resonance, and bees.Here at First Thoughts, Greg Forster comments on the politics quiz, William Randolph Brafford offers a very short . . . . Continue Reading »
Isaac Chotiner hasn’t spent much time talking to religious folks, and he hasn’t read David Bentley Hart’s The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss, but he does think the book’s picture of God differs vastly from that of most believers:I cannot speak for . . . . Continue Reading »
From Hardcore, directed by Paul Schrader.N.B. A little high-proof language at the end, a lot of high-proof Calvinism . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is the original Heather MacDonald piece that prompted Matt Blakenship’s Ricochet musing about whether you should let your child major in English, which I proceeded to riff on below.I highly recommended it. While I’m sure there’s something by Mr. Bhabha worth reading, he set . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark, you write that in Jonathan Haidt’s apolitical political quiz, “none of the questions relates to economics; Haidt’s point, which seems right to me, is that politics remains largely a matter of moral intuition.” But there are also no questions on abortion, gay marriage, . . . . Continue Reading »
Why Does Creationism Have Such Staying Power?Molly Worthen, Religion & Politics“Dumbest Thing Ever”: Annotating Dan BrownSam Anderson, The MillionsOn the Road with the Atheist RevivalHarry Cheadle, ViceThe Sexuality of Christ in Byzantine Art and in Hypermodern OblivionMatthew . . . . Continue Reading »
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