I have found a recent trend among a number of naturalistic ethicists and thinkers to be both interesting and mildly exasperating, but most of all telling. Both one like John Shook, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York—and someone with whom I recently dialogued . . . . Continue Reading »
In the U.K., two Catholic midwives, Mary Teresa Doogan and Concepta Wood , have just won an important court case regarding the conscience clause in the Abortion Act 1967 . Although this is a Scottish case, the Act applies to England and Wales, too, so the decision has implications for the whole of . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Leithart reviews Ephraim Radner’s A Brutal Unity : Radner traces the murderous divisiveness of Christianity back to Epiphanius’ fourth-century treatise “Refutation of all Heresies.” The “Epiphanian paradigm” treats intra-Christian discord as apostasy and . . . . Continue Reading »
Added as a speaker to Portsmouth Abbey’s conference on Catholicism and the American Experience , being held June 7th to 9th, is Robert P. George, who will be speaking on “Religious Liberty and the Human Good.” Other speakers are George Weigel, who’ll be talking on . . . . Continue Reading »
The Spiritual Autobiography of Christian Wiman Jay Parini, Chronicle of Higher Education C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Fame Paul Johnson, Spectator Untangling the Tsarnaev’s Muslim Ties Carefully Mollie Hemingway, GetReligion The Children of China Jiayang Fan, New Yorker Israel’s Escalating . . . . Continue Reading »
For those who lack the above, let me recommend the informative and intelligent SHELDON COOPER WIKIPEDIA PAGE . It is clearly a labor of love. It is also under review for having too much intricate detail (which would only be of interest to someone who cares about the subject) and for something like . . . . Continue Reading »
Those living in or near Charlottesville, Virginia, and are interested in helping start a ROFTERS (Readers Of First Things ) group should write Edward Maillet at edmaillet@centurylink.net . He is interested, energetic, and eager to get started. Those of you interested in finding similar . . . . Continue Reading »
Isaac Chotiner explains that the expressed desire/hope/prediction of many liberals that the Boston bombers turn out to be white non-Muslims was based on a “reasoned reactions to a society that is still full of racism and bigotry” and that “in times of national emergency or stress, . . . . Continue Reading »
on his recent study, which seems relevant to several posts here in the past few months: Studies on faith-based campuses are beginning to offer a glimpse into the real experience of sexual minority students in these unique settings. This study adds to this growing body of information by surveying . . . . Continue Reading »
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