Caritas in Veritate

by James Poulos

John Schwenkler’s posting chapter-by-chapter commentary at Upturned Earth. . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Aug 2009 0

Why do they want marriage?

by Will Wilson

One used to see a great deal more of this kind of rhetoric : Instead of applying its impressive muscle to creating an alternative to this hoary, unsecular, historically sexist, and needlessly restrictive institution, the movement instead opted to perpetuate it. If the status quo could be expanded . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Aug 2009 0

Randomness and Pantheism

by James Poulos

Patrick Appel has a long, introspective roundup of reader reax to some posts on atheism at the Dish. He closes with a personal take, acknowledging there is a connection between pantheism, agnosticism and atheism. [ . . . ] Most of the tension between the terms does revolve around “God” . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2009 0

The State of Faith on Campus

by James Poulos

First Things is taking a poll — a “journey through the wild world of college rankings.” Quantify — and qualify! — your experiences here . . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2009 0

Balzac, of all things

by Ralph Hancock

Here are a couple of excerpts from a brilliant decoding of Balzac’s esotericism, accomplished by Scott Sprenger, a colleague of mine at BYU. Consider the applications to the analysis of Straussianism, and to a post-Straussian postmodern critique of modernity: The fundamental problem that . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Jun 2009 0

From Unions to Arrangements

by James Poulos

The most important theme, I’d say, in the below. . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Jun 2009 0

A Secular Political Philosophy

by Ralph Hancock

Charles Taylor’s monumental (or at least huge) A Secular Age is, I suppose, old news already, but, as usual, it has taken me a long time to figure out how to undo Taylor with his own statements, and so now of course I have to share. Finally I’ve figured out this out, and I thought you . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2009 0

Abortion: Hamlet, Machiavelli, Obama

by James Poulos

Do read Alan Jacobs on Obama at Notre Dame. Because the clump-of-cells argument is so crude and ‘final’, Obama, putting himself at the front of a long train, seeks refuge in bad postmodernity. Rather than overdetermining the abortion question as a question of science — and this, . . . . Continue Reading »

20 May 2009 0

The Locus Classicus of Uncharitable Bloggers

by James Poulos

The success of Dan Brown’s “message,” Ross writes in his latest column, can’t be separated from its dishonesty. The “secret” history of Christendom that unspools in “The Da Vinci Code” is false from start to finish . The lost gospels are real enough, but . . . . Continue Reading »

20 May 2009 0

Christianity, Modernity, and America

by Ivan Kenneally

The latest issue of Modern Age (Winter 2009) is now available for general consumption and features a symposium on Remi Brague’s amazingly erudite book The Law of God . Besides a very fine lead contribution from Mark Shiffman (who blogs over at Front Porch Republic ) you’ll also find short . . . . Continue Reading »

19 May 2009 0