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Ayn Rand vs. C.S. Lewis: A Failure to Communicate
A fifteen-year-old book containing sixty-year-old marginal notes is making waves in the blogosphere this week. Someone over on the First Things blog made a post titled “Ayn Rand Really, Really Hated C.S. Lewis,” which dredges up material from Ayn Rand’s Marginalia … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture
Tagged Ayn Rand, C.S. Lewis, ethics, religion, statism, totalitarianism
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How the Great Books Can Help Christians Avoid Looking Uncharitable and Stupid
I know this story is at least a week old and thus completely off everyone’s radar by now, but I’m up in the middle of the night with a sick child and feel like posting, so there. Recently a server … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture
Tagged Applebee's, Christianity, fallacy of equivocation, Plato, platonic dialogue, religion, tithe
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Wall Street Journal: “Where Are the Babies?”
It seems as though the Wall Street Journal has taken notice of the West’s demographic problem, an issue sometimes discussed here. The paper’s Saturday Essay for this week is titled “America’s Baby Bust,” and it draws many sound conclusions about the … Continue reading
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The World’s Most Persecuted Religion
During the Christmas season I usually take some time to reflect on the persecution Christians suffer around the world. Of course, Christianity has been for many years and remains the world’s most persecuted religion. For the American media, this story … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Current Events
Tagged Christianity, Civitas, Paul Craig Roberts, religious persecution, Rupert Shortt
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Man Up with a Memento Mori
It may be true that people throughout history have had trouble dealing with death, but modern people seem to have an especially difficult time with it. They’re not encouraged to think about their own mortality as a rule, except perhaps … Continue reading
Tolkien Professor on NPR
I know it’s Monday and everyone is expecting a Great Books post, but I can’t resist pointing you all to an interview posted on NPR’s site yesterday with my colleague Corey Olsen AKA the Tolkien Professor. In the interview, Olsen … Continue reading
Kudos to the Chronicle
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a typical publication from the world of academia in that it slants decidedly left in its political pronouncements. Fortunately, it has enough integrity to run a piece calling foul when a scholar is savaged … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture
Tagged Christian Smith, homosexuality, Mark Regnerus, research, sociology
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More on Environmental Religion
I’ve posted a time or two about how environmentalism behaves like a religion in many ways. Here, for example, I discuss the religious language used in connection with national parks, and here I post about predictions for a “new god” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture
Tagged environmentalism, religion, Research on Religion, Robert Nelson, secular religion
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Research on Religion Logs 100th Episode
This week the Research on Religion podcast reached an important milestone by airing its 100th episode. The episode features Prof. Margarita Mooney on the subject of Pope Benedict XVI and Cuba. If you’re a frequent visitor to this blog, no … Continue reading
Establishment Mouthpiece: American Public Education is a “Failure”
In the United States, nothing marks you as an Establishment figure more than membership in the Council on Foreign Relations. Its membership roster is littered with former presidents, cabinet members, corporate CEOs, and the like. Its research arm continually publishes … Continue reading
