Publishing Priorities
by Hans BoersmaNatural justice matters; but it matters only inasmuch as it participates in the supernatural justice of the kingdom of God. Continue Reading »
What’s in Store for Your Sons
by Alexander RileyThe increasingly dominant view at woke liberal arts schools is that all white heterosexual males are the same. Continue Reading »
Our Marcusan Moment
by Carl R. TruemanIf critical theory in its demolition of the past can often degenerate into an ideological justification of ingratitude, then Marcuse was both its pioneer and its poster boy. Continue Reading »
Defend Us From Ideology
by C. C. PecknoldOnly a philosophically coherent account of the American common good will save us from our descent into ideological incoherence.
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Canada’s Toxic Nationalism
by Nathan PinkoskiCanadian postmodern nationalism makes Americans the enemy, but is friendly to American ideology. Continue Reading »
Flightless Birds
by David T. KoyzisThe separation of Christians and Muslims in Cyprus points to the destructive potential of ideology. Continue Reading »
Choosing to Refuse
by John WatersThe Human Rights Campaign has made a habit of attacking Christians who defend traditional sexual morality. Continue Reading »
A Higher Education
by R. R. RenoFirst Things reflects on sacred things out of a shared commitment to the authority of God's revelation. Continue Reading »
Can Islamists Reject Violence?
by Ayman S. IbrahimIn the 1970s, the radical Islamist organization al-Gamāʿah al-Islāmiyah (Islamic Group) stormed onto the scene in Egypt, calling for Egyptians to return to the correct form of Islam by waging jihad and applying Shari’a. However, on July 5, 1997, the Gamāʿah did something extraordinary in the history of radical Islam. It issued “Initiative to Stop the Violence,” a formal statement declaring its renunciation of all violence. Continue Reading »
Ideology and Transcendence
by James NuechterleinEveryone thinks ideologically, but no one wants to admit it. Most of our responses to events in public life are immediate, firm, and quite untouched by reflection. When I react to a particular political development with enthusiasm or dismay, or to someone’s political judgment with Yes, that is . . . . Continue Reading »
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