Corporations Are Woke, Too

by Mark Bauerlein

Vivek Ramaswamy joins the podcast to discuss his new book Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam. Continue Reading »

30 Dec 2021

Using Christ to Sell Cars

by Mark Movsesian

In our consumerist culture, Christian references have become so trivialized that we no longer recognize when mass market advertisers misuse them. Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2018

Mammon Ascendant

by David Bentley Hart

So, there I was, pondering, with an old familiar feeling of perplexity (about which more anon), certain reactions to my reaction to various reactions to the pope’s last encyclical, when it occurred to me that the one thing on which ­Hegelians of every stripe—right or left, theological or . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2016

Trigger Warnings and Academic Consumerism

by Richard J. Mouw

I have been reading a lot of back-and-forth about “trigger warnings” lately. Students who see themselves as victims of discrimination and abuse are demanding that professors issue warnings about materials in courses they are teaching that might cause strong negative emotional responses in . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2016

St. Paul and Consumer Society

by Peter J. Leithart

According to many contemporary scholars, the apostle Paul didn’t object to “Judaizers” because they taught that salvation is achieved by works. He objected because Judaizers tried to reverse history by imposing the requirements of the old Mosaic covenant on Gentile Christians. Circumcision, . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Sep 2015