[Note: This is the opening quotes for a debate concerning the nature and existence of God and his proper relation to the state.] Throughout the rest of this discussion, each debator’s entry will be posted seperately. But for now we’ll include the quotes together. First, the selection . . . . Continue Reading »
Since the post-election doldrums are a ripe time for debates about the role of religion in government, Barrett Brown and I have agreed to host a discussion, both here and at the League of Ordinary Gentleman blog, concerning the nature and existence of God and his proper relation to the state. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Liturgical scholar Peter Elliott explains why need a new translation of the Mass , with lots of examples. The “dynamic equivalance” or paraphrase of the present translation “can fail to give us not only what the Latin original means, which is bordering on telling lies, but . . . . Continue Reading »
I am sometimes asked what I mean by “global warming hysteria,” which is a different thing than whether, and to what extent, human activity might be—or is—warming the climate. Perhaps this post will help explain.Leaving aside the anti-humanism that leavens the movement, . . . . Continue Reading »
The imagination of C.S. Lewis, an endlessly fascinating subject, is discussed by three men who always have something intriguing to say: Alan Jacobs, author of the The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis ; Douglas Wilson, author of the forthcoming What I Learned in Narnia ; and N. D. . . . . Continue Reading »
In Cult Complex , today’s second “On the Square” article, Ashley Samelson McGuire of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty gives a survey of the ways in which governments try to limit religious freedom by redefining religions as cults or associations or ideologies. France, for . . . . Continue Reading »
A few articles on the election and what it means that readers might not have seen: Pro-Life Democrats Ousted as Election Centers on the Economy. “Three of the four Democrats most heavily targeted by SBAL lost their seats, including Reps. Steve Driehaus (Ohio) and Kathy Dahlkemper (Penn.). . . . . Continue Reading »
Calvary Church in Pittsburgh, an Episcopal church in an affluent neighborhood known before that diocese divided as one of its bastions of liberalism, recently presented its people with A Seusscharist , “based on the works of Theodore Seuss Geisel.” Yes. Exactly. It begins: Celebrant . . . . Continue Reading »
The Franciscan University of Steubenville will be offering a symposium on John Henry Newman on Saturday, November 13th. Wheaton College’s Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals is sponsoring a conference titled ” Saving the World? The Changing Terrain of American Protestant . . . . Continue Reading »
White Protestants vote overwhelmingly Republican and religiously unaffiliated voters cast their ballots overwhelmingly for Democrats. That’s no surprise. But what was different about these recent elections is that Catholics are now swinging back toward the GOP : Among all Catholic voters, 54% . . . . Continue Reading »
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