Hey, Joe!
by Carl R. TruemanAll American Christians need the Roman Catholic bishops to take a strong, public stand against politicians like Joe Biden who openly mock the teaching of the Church to which they claim to belong. Continue Reading »
An Inquisition Is Not a Witch-Hunt
by David P. GoldmanMembers of traditional religions became moral outlaws in the United States once equal rights for sexual preference and gender choice were enshrined in regulation and law. This Inquisition, though, will not be defeated by reasoned pleas but by concerted counterattacks. Continue Reading »
The Benedict Option as Culture War
by Greg ForsterIt's not disengagement from politics; it's a continuation of the culture war's bad politics. Continue Reading »
Eating Locusts Will Be (Benedict) Optional
by Carl R. TruemanDispatches from a recent lecture by Rod Dreher.
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The Rise of the Anti-Culture
by Carl R. TruemanThe Culture War is over. Culture is dead, the coup de grace inflicted by an Unholy Trinity. Now begins the Age of the Anti-Culture. Continue Reading »
The Ecclesiastical Failure of Christian America
by James R. RogersRoss Douthat’s Erasmus lecture, “A Crisis of Conservative Catholicism,” and Carl Trueman’s column, “Is There A Crisis in Conservative Protestantism?” put me in mind to think about the American Church. That said, I’m more of a “not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper” kind of guy, not that . . . . Continue Reading »
Same-Sex Marriage and the Mormon Benedict Option
by Tom StringhamThe Mormons know how to keep everyone guessing. A week ago, they were looking more and more like the liberals in the conservative-on-sexual-matters religious world. Last month, LDS apostle Dallin H. Oaks surprised church members by publicly criticizing defiant Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, and earlier . . . . Continue Reading »
How to Strengthen Catholic Community
by Leah LibrescoAs the Synod on the Family continues, a number of Catholic writers are questioning whether it’s really nice to exclude the divorced and remarried from Communion. The people on the margins of the church, the people oppressed by sin and circumstance are the ones who can least weather being pushed . . . . Continue Reading »
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