Eating Locusts Will Be (Benedict) Optional

by Carl R. Trueman

Dispatches from a recent lecture by Rod Dreher.
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1 Jun 2016

Disenchantment and the Sacrifice of Intellect

by Peter J. Leithart

According to Weber, scientific advance drives religion into the realm of the irrational. Continue Reading »

12 May 2016

Science, Disenchantment, Meaning

by Peter J. Leithart

How the notion of scientific progress disenchants the world. Continue Reading »

11 May 2016

Sacraments and the Secular Age

by Peter J. Leithart

According to Charles Taylor, modernity involves a “de-sacramentalization” of the world. Continue Reading »

11 May 2016

Weber's Liberal Protestantism

by Peter J. Leithart

Liberal Protestantism set the terms for Weber's theories of secularization and disenchantment. Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2016

Faith-Based Resistance

by Charles L. Glenn

Last June, I was in Ukraine advising civil society groups that are seeking to ensure that the new Ukrainian education law promotes religious and educational freedom, including the rights of parents. Ukrainian policy-makers are eager to align their country with the West, so a number of times I . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2015

Differentiation and De-Differentiation

by Peter J. Leithart

Modernity differentiates. Modernity also de-differentiates. Continue Reading »

10 Sep 2015

Denominationalism Is Secularization

by Peter J. Leithart

According to Will Herberg, “denominational pluralism means thoroughgoing secularization.” Continue Reading »

17 Jun 2015

Colonialism and Secularization

by Peter J. Leithart

Colonialism was one of the factors in the secularization of European politics. Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2015

Ireland: A Country Without a Conscience?

by William Doino Jr.

Ireland’s recent decision to approve same-sex marriage, by popular referendum, has left the country’s Catholic reputation in ruins.Of course, this shift didn’t come about overnight—secularization has been in the works for some time—but the vote reinforces the feeling of a dramatic break with Ireland’s Catholic heritage, and a step into an uncertain future. Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2015