For those who care about the future of the church this Wall Street Journal article by Brett McCracken is worth reading: The Perils of ‘Wannabe Cool’ Christianity. All of us are familiar with churches whose worship services feature bands, jugglers, and other forms of litur-tainment, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Coming tomorrow in “On the Square,” R. R. Reno examines the nature of Western self-hatred and the reasons for it. Then, in the second item, to be posted later in the morning, Sarah Hinlicky Wilson reflects on the status of the ecumenical movement (it has its good points and its bad . . . . Continue Reading »
Google’s expanding empire has of late met with harsh criticism on the fronts of privacy and censorship, but has so far retained a magisterial air—making few concessions and continuing to push acceptance of its new technological paradigms. Amidst criticism that the company has done little . . . . Continue Reading »
The recent publication of transcripts of Martin Heidegger’s 1934 Freiburg seminars on Being, the People and the State simply adds to the confusion over the philosopher’s relationship to Nazism. Michael Wyschogrod reviewed Emanuel Faye’s widely-read book on Heidegger in the March . . . . Continue Reading »
A Russian tycoon is requiring his employees to repent or get fired . Those living with someone must marry them by October 14th, while anyone who has had an abortion will be fired outright. Russia’s recent bad weather “is punishment for the Russian people’s sins,” says Vasily . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest Spengler column, David Goldman ask s Why Don’t Americans Like Muslims? After surveying the “predictable” responses to the mosque being built near the 9/11 site, he presents what data we have to answer the question (while noting that “It is hard to find . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s second “On the Square” feature, George Weigel writes In Defense of Israel’s Legitimacy . In it, he describes the new Friends of Israel Initiative, which intends to challenge the campaign of moral and political delegitimation to which the State of Israel has been . . . . Continue Reading »
A different side of the controversy over the mosque being built near Ground Zero: the Greek Orthodox church destroyed on 9/11 still can’t get permission to rebuild . The details in the Fox News story are of the he said/he said variety. The Port Authority has previously claimed the church was . . . . Continue Reading »
Cezanne, Matisse, Monet, Picasso—the impressionist and post-impressionist painters bring in the big crowds at the museums. Van Gogh posters have had a fifty-year run as best sellers. What explains the enduring popularity of the largely French art that, in its day, was seen as shocking and . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl Henry wrote:The code of Fundamentalism emphasizes external adherence to a few arbitrary customs and external abstinence from a few arbitrarily prohibited things. When a Fundamentalist is pressed with this analysis, he will, of course deny it. He, too, is vitally concerned with inner moral . . . . Continue Reading »
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