Who Invented the Individual?
by George WeigelBy desacralizing state power, Christianity helped make possible the idea of the limited state, which was not an immaculate conception sprung from the mind of John Locke. Continue Reading »
Blame It on Luther?
by Carl R. TruemanIt may well be that subjectivism is where the Protestant Reformation led, but it was certainly neither Luther’s intention nor his own stated position. Continue Reading »
Advancing in Place
by Gladden J. PappinWe’re stuck. The signal innovations of modern times—mass water purification, electricity, automobiles, modern manufacturing processes—are behind us. This slowing of invention presents a problem. We are trapped by the imperative of ever more innovation even as innovation becomes harder . . . . Continue Reading »
Therapeutic Revolution
by Hans BoersmaOne of the most remarkable features of our society is its blithe dismissal of tradition. Religious practices that have long shaped our social and political life are held in contempt. Time-tested convictions that guided generations before us are not just second-guessed but mocked and denounced. It is . . . . Continue Reading »
Pixelated Souls
by Jenna Silber Storey and Benjamin StoreyThe great liberal thinkers who devised our constitutional order were responding to a seventeenth-century problem, most sharply diagnosed by Thomas Hobbes. The English, Hobbes said, were “seeing double”—divided, both personally and politically, by conflicting allegiances to Christ and King. . . . . Continue Reading »
What Does “Back to Normal” Mean?
by Peter J. LeithartThe slow time of Covidtide could be a blessing in disguise.
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Deaths Delayed
by Carl R. TruemanModern Western culture has tried to domesticate and marginalize death. But death is inevitable. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis Calls for Repentance
by Sohrab AhmariLet those who constantly rail against Pope Francis without listening to his words finally listen. Continue Reading »
Always the Era of the Saints
by Francis X. MaierUnless we reconfigure our lives to understand and act on it, the “new evangelization” will remain just another pious slogan. Continue Reading »
For and Against Integralism
by Michael HanbyModernity does not just refer to the time in which we happen to live, the era that follows the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Those who first recognized themselves as modern defined themselves self-consciously over against the ages that preceded them, though few probably grasped in its fullness . . . . Continue Reading »
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