Monthly Archives: September 2010

Vienna and Her Children

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Dr. J

[This review was originally published in the Spring 2008 issue of the Journal of Faith and the Academy. A scanned PDF copy of the review is now available on the JFA’s website.] Whalen, Robert Weldon.  Sacred Spring: God and the … Continue reading →

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More on the Christian College in the Pluralist Society

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Dr. J

Are liberty of conscience and the separation of Church and State ideas that Christian colleges should affirm? Most of us would unhesitatingly answer “yes.” Thaddeus Kozinski, however, thinks this is a “privatizing of truth claims” that is out of step … Continue reading →

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An Academic Weekend

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dr. J

Between finishing a conference paper and supervising social club initiation activities at Faulkner, it’s a miracle I was able to post anything on this site this week. This morning I’m off to Mobile, where I’ll be presenting a paper at … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Dr. J

Liberal studies are practical. They have civic and cultural use and a personal function, the two often intertwined. If properly defined and well carried out by learned and intellectually honest teachers, liberal studies ground students in disciplined thinking and free … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Art of Manliness

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Dr. J

This week’s addition to the Blogroll is the Art of Manliness blog and associated podcast. Developed by Brett and Kate McKay, the website features daily articles on how to be a man in the twenty-first century. The spectrum and tone … Continue reading →

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Time to Revisit Prydain

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Dr. J

I was surprised when walking through Costco Sunday with the family to see that Disney has released a 25th-anniversary edition of The Black Cauldron. This morning I realized that even the Wall Street Journal took note of the event. I … Continue reading →

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The Other Shoe Drops in Cuba

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Dr. J

It didn’t take long for the other shoe to drop in Cuba. A little over a week ago, I posted a link to an interview in which Fidel Castro admitted that socialism wasn’t working in his country. Now we learn … Continue reading →

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No Christian Civilization Without Books

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Dr. J

This week I read an article by a Bulgarian missionary in a small-circulation magazine that gave me a renewed appreciation for the Christian classics and the culture of reading. According to the article, this missionary and his team have devoted … Continue reading →

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Christianity and Liberalism (the Old-Fashioned Kind)

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Dr. J

Each semester in Western Cultural Heritage III, I take students on a brief tour of 19th-century political ideologies: conservatism, liberalism, socialism, nationalism. Of these four, only conservatism has almost completely dropped off the radar, whatever its merits. That leaves us … Continue reading →

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Ask Me Anything

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Dr. J

If you are a college student, or if there is a college student in your life in some way, I’d encourage you to check out a little book by J. Budziszewski called Ask Me Anything. This author is well known … Continue reading →

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